Thais aculeata

Thais aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Subgenus: Thalessa
Species: T. aculeata
Binomial name
Thais aculeata
(Deshayes & Mine-Edwards, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura aculeata Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844

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

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