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Thais (gastropod)

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Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Thais include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Thais Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138207 on 2011-01-10
  2. ^ Tan K. S. & Sigurdsson J. B. (1990). "A new species of Thais (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 38(2): 205-211. PDF Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Vermeij J. & Wesselingh F. P. (2002). "Neogastropod molluscs from the Miocene of western Amazonia, with comments on marine to freshwater transitions in molluscs". Journal of Paleontology 76(2): 265-270. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0265:NMFTMO>2.0.CO;2.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a Hedley bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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Thais (gastropod): Brief Summary

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Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.

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