Phycothais reticulata

Phycothais reticulata
Shell of Phycothais reticulata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Phycothais
Species:
P. reticulata
Binomial name
Phycothais reticulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Lepsiella reticulata (Blainville, 1832)
  • Purpura humilis Crosse & Fischer, 1865
  • Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 (original combination)
  • Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (homonym and synonym of Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea; also around Australia and off Tasmania.

References

  • 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
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.