Thaisella tumulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Thaisella tumulosa
Shell of Thaisella tumulosa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thaisella
Species:
T. tumulosa
Binomial name
Thaisella tumulosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura tumulosa Reeve, 1846
  • Thais (Thalessa) tumulosa (Reeve, 1846)
  • Thalessa tumulosa (Reeve, 1846)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella tumulosa (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048570 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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