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Thais arenae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Thais arenae was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-KN530, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koingnaas 30m Complex, which is in a Pleistocene transition zone/lower shoreface horizon in South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Thais arenae Kensley and Pether p. 177 figs. fig. 20

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

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.

†Thais arenae Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available