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''Thais nodosa'' is a species of 
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains .Distribution
Inhabits rocky shores of Brazil and western Africa, (Cape Verde
, national_anthem = ()
, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, demonym ...
).Abbot and Dance, 1986. Compendium of Seashells
References
Thais (gastropod) Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Rapaninae-stub