Tylothais virgata explained

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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.

External links

• Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 16: 909-916.
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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.