''Tylothais'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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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 ...
mollusks, in the subfamily
Rapaninae
Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.Houart, R. (2011). Rapaninae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1962 ...
of the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tylothais'' Houart, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048564 on 2019-01-06][Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Tylothais'' include:
* ''
Tylothais aculeata''
(Deshayes, 1844)
* ''
Tylothais akidotos''
Houart, 2017
* ''
Tylothais funilata''
Houart, 2017
* ''
Tylothais inhacaensis''
Houart, 2017
* ''
Tylothais ovata''
Houart, 2017
* ''
Tylothais savignyi''
(Deshayes, 1844)
* ''
Tylothais virgata''
(Dillwyn, 1817)
References
Gastropods described in 2017
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