Thais blakei Anderson and Martin 1914 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Thais (Thaisella) blakei

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112

Belongs to Thais according to F. M. Anderson and B. Martin 1914

See also Addicott 1970

Sister taxa: Thais (Mancinella), Thais (Polytropa), Thais (Thais), Thais (Vasula), Thais arenae, Thais biserialis, Thais bitubercularis, Thais brevicula, Thais clarkensis, Thais cornwalli, Thais dubia, Thais emarginata, Thais lamellosa, Thais packi, Thais panzana, Thais trancosana, Thais tuberosa, Thais wittichi

Type specimen: CAS 180. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch

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