Thaisella Explained

Thaisella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Species within the genus Thaisella include:

• Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822)
• Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832)
• Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
• Thaisella forbesii (Dunker, 1853)
• Thaisella guatemalteca Simone, 2017
• Thaisella kiosquiformis (Duclos, 1832)
• Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954)
• Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)
• Thaisella tumulosa (Reeve, 1846)

The following species were brought into synonymy:

• Thaisella blanfordi (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)
• Thaisella dubia (Schepman, 1919): synonym of Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919)
• Thaisella gradata (Jonas, 1846): synonym of Indothais gradata (Jonas, 1846)
• Thaisella javanica (Philippi, 1848): synonym of Indothais javanica (Philippi, 1848)
• Thaisella jubilaea (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990): synonym of Reishia jubilaea (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990) synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (superseded combination)
• Thaisella keluo (Tan & Liu, 2001): synonym of Reishia keluo (K.-S. Tan & L.-L. Liu, 2001)
• Thaisella lacera (Born, 1778): synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
• Thaisella luteostoma (Holten, 1803): synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802)
• Thaisella malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais malayensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996) (superseded combination)
• Thaisella mutabilis (Link, 1807): synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
• Thaisella pinangensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais pinangensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
• Thaisella rufotincta (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais pinangensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
• Thaisella sacellum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Thaisella tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852): synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Thaisella wutingi (Tan, 1997): synonym of Indothais wutingi (K. S. Tan, 1997)

External links

• Clench W.J. (1947). The genera Purpura and Thais in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2(23): 61–91

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella Clench, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574252 on 6 January 2019
2. 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. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]