''Thaisella trinitatensis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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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
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, in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Thaisella trinitatensis'' (Guppy, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023329 on 2019-01-06][Simone, L. R. L. (2017). A new species of Thaisella (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from Caribbean Guatemala, with accounts on the anatomy and taxonomy of the genus in the Western Atlantic. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 111-120.]
Description
The length of the shell attains 45 mm.
Distribution
The type locality is contained in
Trinidad and Tobago
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; also in the Atlantic Ocean off
Brazil
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.
Habitat
This species is found in the following habitats:
* Brackish
* Marine
References
External links
Guppy, R. J. L. (1869). Notice of some new marine shells found on the shores of Trinidad. Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad. 1(7): 366-369
trinitatensis
Gastropods described in 1869
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