Phycothais botanica
| Phycothais botanica | |
|---|---|
| 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. botanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Phycothais botanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1-M120.
- Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13
- Tate, R. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 91-176
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