Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Thais (Cymia)
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Ladd 1977, Olsson 1931, Oostingh 1935, Perrilliat 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Cymia (Cymia) Cymia berryi Cymia cocoditana Cymia heimi Cymia michaocanensis Cymia sacellum Cymia sekii Cymia woodii Thais (Cymia) carinifera Thais (Cymia) costata Thais (Cymia) javanica Thais (Cymia) preangerensis
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3 collections)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (5), Pakistan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (6)
• Miocene of Colombia (24), the Dominican Republic (14), Greece (1), Haiti (1), Indonesia (1), Mexico (4), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Delaware), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Japan (1), Panama (1)
Total: 77 collections including 83 occurrences
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