OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Thais armigera (Link, 1807)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846
Common Name
Armed Purple p.145, pl. 23, fig. 3 [as Mancinella armigera] Allan, J. 1950.
Armed Thaid p.144 Coleman, N. 1981.
The Allied Purpura p.sp. 77 Reeve, L.A. 1846.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; Scott Reef, WA to Qld {Wilson1993B}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.145
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: rocks [
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References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. p.295, pl. 47, fig. 2 General reference
Demond, J. 1957. p.313 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.251, fig. 88G General reference
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.370 Checklist
Wilson, B. 1994. p.48 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.48 Synonomy
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.98, pl. 60, fig. 4 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Thais Röding, 1798
Thais armigera (Link, 1807)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11346) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-05.