Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Scientific name Thais lacera Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Thais Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Thais, Thais malayensis, Thais bitubercularis, Purpura bufo, Orania | ||
Thais lacera 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 57 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, in the Red Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Asia.
References
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