OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Thais clavigera (Küster, 1858)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpura alveolata Reeve, 1846
Purpura clavigera Küster, 1858
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ mid-to upper littoral
]
feeds on: animals [ barnacles, oysters and mussels
]
habitat: rocky shore
References
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.265-279, figs. 9b, 10, 92-97 [ synonomy, description, habitat and distribution
] General reference
Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. p.100 Biology and ecology
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Thais Röding, 1798
Thais clavigera (Küster, 1858)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49287) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-16. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-28.