Thais nodosa

Thais nodosa
Thais nodosa (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Subgenus: Thais
Species: T. nodosa
Binomial name
Thais nodosa
Synonyms[1]

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

Distribution

Inhabits rocky shores of Brazil and western Africa.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Abbot and Dance, 1986. Compendium of Seashells


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