Neothais marginatra

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Neothais marginatra
Neothais marginatra (MNHN-IM-2000-804) 001.jpeg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Neothais
Species:
N. marginatra
Binomial name
Neothais marginatra
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, 1837
  • Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Morula (Morula) fusca (Küster, 1862)
  • Murex brunneolabrum Dall, 1923
  • Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
  • Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
  • Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura (Sistrum) fusco-nigra Dunker, 1871
  • Ricinula fusca Küster, 1862
  • Sistrum affine Pease, 1862
  • Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
  • Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)

Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, 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 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii , the Fiji Islands, Samoan Islands and Polynesia; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References[]

  1. ^ a b Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2010.
  • Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Gattung Ricinula. 1–24, pls 1–5 in Kobelt, W. & Küster, H.C. (eds.). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe.
  • Melvill, J.C. 1901. A few further remarks upon the Erythraen molluscan fauna, with descriptions of seven species of Aden, in the collection of Commander E.R. Shopland, RIM. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 550–556
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Tan, K.S. 1995. Taxonomy of Thais and Morula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Singapore and Vicinity. 546 pp.
  • Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. A Guide to Common Seashells of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 168 pp.
  • 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: 91–102

External links[]

  • "Semiricinula muricina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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