OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Thais scalaris (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpura scalaris Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Arabian Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ low to mid-tide
]
habitat: reef flats
substrate: rocks
substrate: sand
References
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.443, figs. 181, 182a-d, 183-185 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Thais Röding, 1798
Thais scalaris (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50188) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29.