Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Scientific name Thais tuberosa Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Thais Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Thais, Thais aculeata, Reishia armigera, Thais nodosa, Purpura persica | ||
Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa, common name : the Knobbed 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 17 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; also in the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean.
References
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