Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Scientific name Thais virgata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Thais Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Thais, Thais nodosa, Thais malayensis, Purpura persica, Purpura | ||
Thais (Thalessa) virgata, common name : the aculeate 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 shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific.
References
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