Phycothais botanica

Phycothais botanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Phycothais[1]
Species: P. botanica
Binomial name
Phycothais botanica
(Hedley, 1918)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepsiella botanica Hedley, 1918
  • Purpura botanica Hedley, 1918 (original combination)
  • Purpura neglecta Angas, 1867
  • Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, G.F. 1867
  • Ricinula subreticulata Tate, 1888 (uncertain synonym)

Phycothais botanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

  1. Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37: 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. 1 2 Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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