Neothais marginatra

Neothais marginatra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Neothais
Species:
N. marginatra
Binomial name
Neothais marginatra
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, 1837
  • Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Morula (Morula) fusca (Küster, 1862)
  • Murex brunneolabrum Dall, 1923
  • Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
  • Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
  • Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura (Sistrum) fusco-nigra Dunker, 1871
  • Ricinula fusca Küster, 1862
  • Sistrum affine Pease, 1862
  • Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
  • Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)

Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, the Fiji Islands, Samoan Islands and Polynesia; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).[citation needed]

References

  • Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Gattung Ricinula. 1–24, pls 1–5 in Kobelt, W. & Küster, H.C. (eds.). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe.
  • Melvill, J.C. 1901. A few further remarks upon the Erythraen molluscan fauna, with descriptions of seven species of Aden, in the collection of Commander E.R. Shopland, RIM. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 550–556
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Tan, K.S. 1995. Taxonomy of Thais and Morula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Singapore and Vicinity. 546 pp.
  • Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. A Guide to Common Seashells of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 168 pp.
  • Claremont 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
  • "Semiricinula muricina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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