Tylothais
Tylothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Tylothais | |
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Shell of Tylothais aculeata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Tylothais Houart, 2017 |
Type species | |
Purpura savignyi Deshayes, 1844 |
Species
Species within the genus Tylothais include:[1]
- 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
- 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.
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