Indothais lacera

Indothais lacera
Indothais lacera shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Indothais
Subgenus:	Thaisella
Species:	I. lacera
Binomial name
Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
Thais lacera (Born, 1778) Cymia carinifera (Lamarck, 1822) Mancinella mutabilis Link, 1807 Murex lacera Born, 1778 Purpura carinata Schubert & Wagner, 1829 Purpura carinifera Lamarck, 1822 Purpura scalaris Schubert & Wagner, 1829 Purpura umbilicata Jenkins, 1864 Thais carinifera Thais (Thaisella) lacera (Born, 1778) (alternate representation) Thais lacerus (Von Born, 1778) Thais (Thais) mutabilis Link, H.F., 1807

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

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, in the Red Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Asia.

References[]

• ine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453

External links[]

• "Thais (Thaisella) lacera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.

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