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Thais dubia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura dubia was named by Krauss (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thais dubia by Kensley (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Purpura dubia Krauss
1972Thais dubia Kensley p. 179

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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
speciesdubia(Krauss 1848)

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 dubia Krauss 1848
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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: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Thais dubia (22219)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Thais dubia (91831)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Thais dubia (122933 122940 122941 122945)