Tylothais virgata information

Tylothais virgata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Tylothais
Species:	T. virgata
Binomial name
	Tylothais virgata; (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
	Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791; Murex virgatus Dillwyn, 1817; Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866; Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929; Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817); Thais distinguenda (Dunker, 1866); Thalessa distinguenda (Dunker, 1866); Thalessa virgata (Dillwyn, 1817);

Tylothais virgata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 on 2019-01-06
^ Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.