Phycothais texturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Phycothais[1]
Species:
P. texturata
Binomial name
Phycothais texturata
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bedeva texturata (E.A. Smith, 1904)
  • Purpura texturata Smith, 1904

Phycothais texturata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ↑ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37: 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. 1 2 Phycothais texturata (Smith, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.