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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Muricidae: Rapaninae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 200980 |
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:
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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. |
Record details
Record entered on 5-Oct-2012 00:00 by Tony Rees
Record modified on 17-Dec-2012 14:25 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update name
Modification history:
17-DEC-2012: update name (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Thaisella)
Record modified on 17-Dec-2012 14:25 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update name
Modification history:
17-DEC-2012: update name (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Thaisella)