OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Thais malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purupura imperialis Kiener, 1836
Thai malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)?
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ mid to low
]
habitat: mangrove [ aerial roots and trunks of mangrove trees
]
substrate: rocks
References
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.368, pl. 4, fig. 2 Checklist
Tan, K.S. & Sigurdsson, J.B. 1996. p.520-526 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 malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49295) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-16. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-22.