Indothais malayensis
Indothais malayensis shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Indothais
Species:
I. malayensis
Binomial name
Indothais malayensis
(Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Thais (Thaisella) malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
  • Thais malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
  • Thaisella malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Taiwan Strait.

References

  1. โ†‘ Tan K. S. & Sigurdsson J.B. (1996). "New species of Thais (Neogastropoda, Muricidae) from Singapore, with a re-description of Thais javanica (Philippi, 1848)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 62(4): 517โ€“535. doi:10.1093/mollus/62.4.517
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714482 on 2022-09-18
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91โ€“102.


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