Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Thais according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Thais (Mancinella), Thais (Polytropa), Thais (Thais), Thais (Vasula), Thais biserialis, Thais bitubercularis, Thais blakei, Thais brevicula, Thais clarkensis, Thais cornwalli, Thais dubia, Thais kettlemanensis, Thais lamellosa, Thais packi, Thais panzana, Thais trancosana, Thais tuberosa, Thais wittichi
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-KN530, a shell. Its type locality is Koingnaas 30m Complex, which is in a Pleistocene transition zone/lower shoreface horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Koingnaas 30m Complex
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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