OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Thais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex rugosa Born, 1780
Murex sacellum Gmelin, 1791
Thais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.27
Keywords
habitat: rocky shore [ adjacent to mangroves
]
substrate: rocks [ in clear water with considerable wave action
]
References
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.369-370, pl. 4, fig. 5 Checklist
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.417, figs. 169a-d, g-n, 170-173, 176a-b Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Thais Röding, 1798
Thais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50182) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-09.