OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Thais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura savignyi Deshayes, 1844
   Thais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)
   Purpura tumulosa Reeve, 1846

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.142 

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ to mid-tide ]
substrate: rocks 

References

 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.428, figs. 174, 175a-f, 176c-f, 177, 178, 180 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Thais Röding, 1798
                              Thais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50185) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-04.