Thais (gastropod)

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Thais
File:Thais clavigera 20060825.jpg
A pair of Thais clavigera with many egg masses
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Thais

Röding, 1798
Species

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Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Thais include:

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Subgenus Thais (Mancinella) Link, 1807
Subgenus Thais (Neorapana) Cooke, 1918
Subgenus Thais (Thais) Röding, 1798
Subgenus Thais (Thaisella) Clench, 1947
Subgenus Thais (Thalessa) H. & A. Adams, 1853
Subgenus Thais (Vasula) Mörch, 1860

Species also mentioned in ITIS, the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS)[3] and in the Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca (Malacolog)[4]

Species brought into synonymy 

References

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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 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 Hedley bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

Further reading

  • R. Tucker Abbott, Percy A. Morris, Roger Tory Peterson, (1995), A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, New York (Peterson Field Guide Series)
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. (1962) Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press & The National Museum of Victoria

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