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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaArabian Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian 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.