Phycothais botanica

Phycothais botanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Phycothais
Species:
P. botanica
Binomial name
Phycothais botanica
(Hedley, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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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