Phycothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Phycothais
Phycothais reticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Phycothais
Tan, 2003[1]
Type species
Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species

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Species

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Species within the genus Phycothais include:

References

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  1. ^ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (8): 911–1028. Bibcode:2003JNatH..37..911T. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. ^ a b Phycothais Tan, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.
  3. ^ Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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.