Thais virgata

Thais (Thalessa) virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Subgenus: Thalessa
Species: T. virgata
Binomial name
Thais (Thalessa) virgata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]

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.[1]

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.

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