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CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Gastropoda (class)  »  Neogastropoda (order)  »  Muricidae: Rapaninae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 200980 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Indothais spp.
CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda
Family:	Muricidae: Rapaninae (gastropods) - show full list
Common Name:	[a whelk]
Recent Synonyms:	Thaisella spp.
Organism Type:	a whelk
Taxon Notes:	Members of this genus were previously placed in Thaisella, which now regarded as restricted to the eastern Pacific. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Parent Codes:	24 200903     Muricidae: Rapaninae - undifferentiated
Child Codes:	24 200185     Indothais gradata 24 200186     Indothais javanica 24 200284     Indothais malayensis 24 200285     Indothais wutingi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Regions:	Australia (inc. subantarctic territories)
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Scientific Name verified against:	Claremont, M. Vermeij, G.J. Williams, S.T. Reid, D.G., 2012. Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 66: 91-102.