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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 kettlemanensis Arnold 1909
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