Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
Species within the genus Thais include:
Species also mentioned in ITIS, the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) and in the Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca (Malacolog)
Thais clavigera Köster, 1858Thais chocolata (Duclos, 1832) - LocateThais delessertiana (D'Orbigny, 1841)Thais lamellosaThais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) - White rock shellThais rustica (Lamarck, 1822) Rustic rocksnailThais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)Thais trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)Thais undata LamarckThais woodwardi (Roxo)Species brought into synonymy Thais aperta Blainville, 1832: synonym of Drupa aperta (Blainville, 1832)Thais bronni (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860)Thais carinifera: synonym of Thais lacera (Born, 1778)Thais emarginata (Deshayes, 1839): synonym of Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839)Thais gemmulata: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798)Thais grandis (Sowerby, 1835): synonym of Neorapana grandis (Sowerby I, 1835)Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)Thais lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 - the dog whelk: synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)Thais muricata (Broderip, 1832): synonym of Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)Thais pica Blainville: synonym of Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa (Röding, 1798)Thais stellata Röding, 1798: synonym of Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)Thais tuberculata (Sowerby, 1835): synonym of Neorapana tuberculata (Sowerby I, 1835)
