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Bituberculate Rock Shell

Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck 1822)

Thais bitubercularis

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Reishia bitubercularis, common names bituberculate rock shell, bituberculate rock snail, chestnut rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714210 on 2019-01-06
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1841-44 Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et Paléontologie, Pls. 86.
  • 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.

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Thais bitubercularis: Brief Summary

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Reishia bitubercularis, common names bituberculate rock shell, bituberculate rock snail, chestnut rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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