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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogas ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Thaisella'' Clench, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574252 on 2019-01-06Claremont 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. ublished online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013/ref>

Species

Species within the genus ''Thaisella'' include: * '' Thaisella callifera'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Thaisella chocolata'' (Duclos, 1832) * ''

Thaisella coronata ''Thaisella coronata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Thaisella coronata'' (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Thaisella forbesii'' (Dunker, 1853) * '' Thaisella guatemalteca'' Simone, 2017 * '' Thaisella kiosquiformis'' (Duclos, 1832) * '' Thaisella mariae'' (Morretes, 1954) * '' Thaisella trinitatensis'' (Guppy, 1869) * '' Thaisella tumulosa'' (Reeve, 1846) ;''The following species were brought into synonymy: * '' Thaisella blanfordi'' (Melvill, 1893): synonym of '' Indothais blanfordi'' (Melvill, 1893) * '' Thaisella dubia'' (Schepman, 1919): synonym of Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919) * '' Thaisella gradata'' (Jonas, 1846): synonym of '' Indothais gradata'' (Jonas, 1846) * '' Thaisella javanica'' (Philippi, 1848): synonym of '' Indothais javanica'' (Philippi, 1848) * '' Thaisella jubilaea'' (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990): synonym of ''Reishia jubilaea'' (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990) synonym of '' Reishia luteostoma'' (Holten, 1802) (superseded combination) * '' Thaisella keluo'' (Tan & Liu, 2001): synonym of '' Reishia keluo'' (K.-S. Tan & L.-L. Liu, 2001) * '' Thaisella lacera'' (Born, 1778): synonym of '' Indothais lacera'' (Born, 1778) * '' Thaisella luteostoma'' (Holten, 1803): synonym of '' Reishia luteostoma'' (Holten, 1802) * '' Thaisella malayensis'' (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of ''

Indothais malayensis ''Indothais malayensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996). Accessed through: Wo ...

'' (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996) (superseded combination) * '' Thaisella mutabilis'' (Link, 1807): synonym of '' Indothais lacera'' (Born, 1778) * '' Thaisella pinangensis'' (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of '' Indothais pinangensis'' (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996) * '' Thaisella rufotincta'' (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of '' Indothais pinangensis'' (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996) * '' Thaisella sacellum'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Indothais sacellum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Thaisella tissoti'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852): synonym of '' Indothais sacellum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Thaisella wutingi'' (Tan, 1997): synonym of '' Indothais wutingi'' (K. S. Tan, 1997)

References

External links

Clench W.J. (1947). The genera Purpura and Thais in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2(23): 61-91
Gastropods described in 1947 {{Rapaninae-stub