Tylothais virgata

Tylothais virgata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Tylothais
Species:	T. virgata
Binomial name
	Tylothais virgata; (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
	Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791; Murex virgatus Dillwyn, 1817; Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866; Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929; Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817); Thais distinguenda (Dunker, 1866); Thalessa distinguenda (Dunker, 1866); Thalessa virgata (Dillwyn, 1817);

Tylothais virgata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific; also off Thailand.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 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.

Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
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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