Thaisella trinitatensis

Thaisella trinitatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Thaisella trinitatensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thaisella
Species:
T. trinitatensis
Binomial name
Thaisella trinitatensis
(Guppy, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869
  • Thais coronata trinitatensis R.J.L. Guppy, 1869
  • Thais trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869) (superseded combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

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The type locality is contained in Trinidad and Tobago; also in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

Habitat

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This species is found in the following habitats:[1]

  • Brackish
  • Marine

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023329 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Simone, L. R. L. (2017). A new species of Thaisella (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from Caribbean Guatemala, with accounts on the anatomy and taxonomy of the genus in the Western Atlantic. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 111-120.
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