Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Scientific name Reishia clavigera Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Reishia Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Reishia, Thais clavigera, Thais, Muricodrupa, Purpura persica | ||
Reishia clavigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
This species has been found to be useful as an indicator of the environmental contamination levels of arsenic, copper, and zinc.
Distribution
This is an intertidal species, found on rocky shores in Malaysia, Singapore and Indo-China.
References
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