Indothais malayensis

Indothais malayensis
Indothais malayensis shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Indothais
Species:
I. malayensis
Binomial name
Indothais malayensis
(Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Thais (Thaisella) malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
  • Thais malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
  • Thaisella malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)

Indothais malayensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Taiwan Strait.

References

  1. ↑ Tan K. S. & Sigurdsson J.B. (1996). "New species of Thais (Neogastropoda, Muricidae) from Singapore, with a re-description of Thais javanica (Philippi, 1848)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 62(4): 517–535. doi:10.1093/mollus/62.4.517
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714482 on 2022-09-18