Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Thais alouina | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Rank Species | |
Similar Thais, Thais aculeata, Thais nodosa, Thais tuberosa, Thais bitubercularis | ||
Thais (Mancinella) alouina, common name : the Alou rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 61 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
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