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Thais

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms
  • Cuma was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant.

    It was reranked as Purpura (Cuma) by Martin (1899); it was synonymized subjectively with Thais by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

    It was assigned to Purpura by Martin (1899).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Thais Röding
1840Cuma Swainson
1899Purpura (Cuma) Martin p. 136
1923Thais Clark and Arnold p. 162
1935Thais Oostingh p. 65
1959Thais Woodring p. 222
1970Thais Addicott p. 83
1977Thais Ladd p. 41
1986Thais Kensley and Pether p. 177
1994Thais Wilson p. 47
2001Thais Todd
2001Thais Vermeij
2002Thais Harzhauser p. 94
2002Thais Sepkoski
2007Thais Landau et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusThaisRöding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Thais Röding 1798
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Subg. Thais (Mancinella) Link 1807
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Mancinella aculeata Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1844
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Invalid names: Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Subg. †Thais (Polytropa) Swainson 1840
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†Thais (Polytropa) lima Martyn 1784
Subg. Thais (Thais) Röding 1798
Subg. †Thais (Vasula) Mörch 1860
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†Thais arenae Kensley and Pether 1986
Thais biserialis de Blainville 1832
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Invalid names: Thais (Stramonita) berryi Olsson 1932 [synonym]
†Thais bitubercularis Lamarck 1822
†Thais blakei Anderson and Martin 1914
†Thais brevicula Vermeij 2001
†Thais clarkensis Aldrich 1911
†Thais cornwalli Clark and Arnold 1923
Thais dubia Krauss 1848
Thais emarginata Deshayes 1839
†Thais lamellosa Gmelin 1791
†Thais packi Clark 1918
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Invalid names: Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis Loel and Corey 1932 [synonym]
†Thais panzana Anderson and Martin 1914
†Thais trancosana Arnold 1908
†Thais tuberosa Röding 1798
†Thais wittichi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Invalid names: Cuma Swainson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) T. sp. (205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) T. sp. (205415 205422)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (California) T. packi (71187 71190 71193)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) T. packi (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) T. carrizoensis (52418)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France T. pluriplicata, T. calcarata (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) T. wittichi (43814 96570)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Mancinella sp. (70323)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cuma tecta (43809)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy T. arata (178111) T. arata, T. haemastomoides, T. inaequicostata, T. tuberculata, T. calcarata (178108) T. inaequicostata, T. reflexa (178110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) T. lima (39805)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Mancinella minoensis (176560)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) T. lima (39603 39799)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic T. trinitatensis (74958)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy T. arata, T. haemastomoides, T. tuberculata (178112) T. inaequicostata, T. parvula (178114)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) Mancinella sp. (51423)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) Nucella lima (37542)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa T. dubia (22219)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic T. trinitatensis (131454)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. santodomingensis (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) T. lamellosa (97230 206369 220180 220190)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) T. emarginata (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) T. haemostoma (179484)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium T. tetragona (80674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) T. lamellosa (216867 216869 216872 220191 220193)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) T. trancosana (96573) T. trancosana, T. lima (96571)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) T. transcosana, T. sp. (154116)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) T. clavigera (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica T. biserialis (66793)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru Stramonita biserialis (80517)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Mancinella deltoidea (131210 131237) Stramonita biserialis (79710 111011)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain T. hoernesiana, T. striolata (80562)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) T. dubia (91831)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (80033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica T. biserialis (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) T. arenae (118311)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia T. cingulata (122932)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Mancinella mancinella, Mancinella tuberosa (55403)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Purpura hippocastanum (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic T. sp. (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) T. biserialis (96565)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Purpura hippocastanum (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa T. cingulata (122937) T. cingulata, T. dubia (122933) T. dubia (122940 122941 122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru T. biserialis (207005)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) T. emarginata (37936)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola T. nodosa (152645)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) T. lamellosa (222998)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas T. deltoidea (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Stramonita biserialis (96566 96936 96937 96938 222967) T. biserialis, T. emarginata (59063) T. lamellosa (37672 37673 37674 96555)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. alouina (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Mancinella luteostoma (97961) T. echinata (96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) T. sp. (63320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) T. lamellosa (37675)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) T. rugosa (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica T. deltoidea (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas T. deltoidea, T. sp. (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico T. emarginata (67613 67641 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador T. callaoensis, T. crassa, T. patula, T. planospira (96867) T. patula (96866)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) T. biserialis (194417) T. planospira (194400 194406 194407 194415 194421 194546) T. planospira, T. biserialis (89573 194428)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) T. lamellosa (37676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) T. orbita (81106)