Phycothais botanica

Phycothais botanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Phycothais[1]
Species: P. botanica
Binomial name
Phycothais botanica
(Hedley, 1918)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepsiella botanica Hedley, 1918
  • Purpura botanica Hedley, 1918 (original combination)
  • Purpura neglecta Angas, 1867
  • Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, G.F. 1867
  • † Ricinula subreticulata Tate, 1888 (uncertain synonym)

Phycothais botanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

  1. ↑ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (8): 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. 1 2 Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1-M120.
  • Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13
  • Tate, R. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 91-176


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