Phycothais reticulata

Phycothais reticulata
Phycothais reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Phycothais
Species: P. reticulata
Binomial name
Phycothais reticulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Purpura humilis Crosse & Fischer, 1865
  • Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Phycothais reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, around Australia and along Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ a b Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396976 on 19 November 2010.
  • Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2: 113-133

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