Thais (gastropod)

Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.[1]

Thais
A pair of Thais clavigera with many egg masses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Thais

Röding, 1798
Species

See text.

Species

Species within the genus Thais include:

Subgenus Thais (Mancinella) Link, 1807
Subgenus Thais (Neorapana) Cooke, 1918
Subgenus Thais (Thais) Röding, 1798
Subgenus Thais (Thaisella) Clench, 1947
Subgenus Thais (Thalessa) H. & A. Adams, 1853
Subgenus Thais (Vasula) Mörch, 1860

Species also mentioned in ITIS, the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS)[3] and in the Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca (Malacolog)[4]

Species brought into synonymy
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References
  1. Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Thais Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138207 on 2011-01-10
  2. Tan K. S. & Sigurdsson J. B. (1990). "A new species of Thais (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 38(2): 205-211. PDF Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. OBIS : Thais; accessed : 10 January 2011
  4. Malacolog : Thais; accessed : 10 January 2011]
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a Hedley bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

Further reading
  • R. Tucker Abbott, Percy A. Morris, Roger Tory Peterson, (1995), A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, New York (Peterson Field Guide Series)
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. (1962) Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press & The National Museum of Victoria

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