Reishia bronni

Reishia bronni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Reishia
Species: R. bronni
Binomial name
Reishia bronni
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura bronni Dunker, 1860
  • Purpura suppressus Grabau & King, 1928
  • Thais bronni (Dunker, 1860)

Reishia bronni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 66 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2011.
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