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

Tylothais virgata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Tylothais
Species:
T. virgata
Binomial name
Tylothais virgata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex virgatus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866
  • Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929
  • Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Thais distinguenda (Dunker, 1866)
  • Thalessa distinguenda (Dunker, 1866)
  • Thalessa virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Description

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The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific; also off Thailand.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Houart, R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18 (4): 81–103.
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