OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Thais muricoides (Blainville, 1832)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura muricoides Blainville, 1832
   Purpura muricina Kiener, 1836
   Morula borneensis Dall, 1923

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  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: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory

Keywords

feeds on: animals [ barnacles ]
habitat: rocky shore [ just below the Enteromprpha-Ulva belt ]

References

 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.372, figs. 143a-f, i-r, 144-145, 146a, 147 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Thais Röding, 1798
                              Thais muricoides (Blainville, 1832)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50177) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29.