Reishia armigera

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Reishia armigera
Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Reishia
Species:	R. armigera
Binomial name
Reishia armigera (Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846 Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822 Purpura armigera (Link, 1807) Thais armigera (Link, 1807) Turbinella armigera (Lamarck, 1822)

Reishia armigera, common name : the belligerent rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 105.5 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Aldabra Atoll and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan.

References[]

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

External links[]

• "Reishia armigera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

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