Phycothais texturata

Phycothais texturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Phycothais
Species:	P. texturata
Binomial name
	Phycothais texturata; (E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms
	Bedeva texturata (E.A. Smith, 1904); Purpura texturata Smith, 1904;

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

Description[]

^ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37: 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
^ ^a ^b Phycothais texturata (Smith, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.

Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

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