Thala ruggeriae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]
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| Shell of Thala ruggeriae (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Thala |
| Species: | T. ruggeriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Thala ruggeriae Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2014
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Zanzibar. This species was formerly identified as Thala Exilis by W. O. Cernohorsky in 1978, but several variations between the two were found after since then.
References
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- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Thala ruggeriae Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761874 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R. (2014). Seven new species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163(1): 179-223.