Neothais marginatra
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| synonyms = *Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, 1837
- Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Morula (Morula) fusca (Küster, 1862)
- Murex brunneolabrum Dall, 1923
- Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
- Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
- Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
- Purpura (Sistrum) fusco-nigra Dunker, 1871
- Ricinula fusca Küster, 1862
- Sistrum affine Pease, 1862
- Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
- Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)
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Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|397054|Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)||18 December 2010}}
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, the Fiji Islands, Samoan Islands and Polynesia; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
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- Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Gattung Ricinula. 1–24, pls 1–5 in Kobelt, W. & Küster, H.C. (eds.). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe.
- Melvill, J.C. 1901. A few further remarks upon the Erythraen molluscan fauna, with descriptions of seven species of Aden, in the collection of Commander E.R. Shopland, RIM. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 550–556
- Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Tan, K.S. 1995. Taxonomy of Thais and Morula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Singapore and Vicinity. 546 pp.
- Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. A Guide to Common Seashells of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 168 pp.
- [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 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]
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=7192|title=Semiricinula muricina|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1832
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