Phycothais reticulata

Phycothais reticulata
Shell of Phycothais reticulata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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. reticulata
Binomial name
Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[2]
Drupa reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Lepsiella reticulata (Blainville, 1832) Purpura humilis Crosse & Fischer, 1865 Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 (original combination) Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (homonym and synonym of Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832)

Phycothais reticulata 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 16.8 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Red Sea; also around Australia and off Tasmania.

References[]

• Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2: 113–133
• 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[]

• Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 1: 189-263, pls 9-12
• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
• Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. (1865). Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Australie méridionale. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13: 38-55, pl. 3
• Tan K. S. (2003) Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australian and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Journal of Natural History 37(8): 911-1028

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