Phycothais botanica

Phycothais botanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Phycothais botanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Phycothais[1]
Species:
P. botanica
Binomial name
Phycothais botanica
(Hedley, 1918)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepsiella botanica Hedley, 1918
  • Purpura botanica Hedley, 1918 (original combination)
  • Purpura neglecta Angas, 1867
  • Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, G.F. 1867
  • † Ricinula subreticulata Tate, 1888 (uncertain synonym)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

References
  1. Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (8): 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1-M120.
  • Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110–117, pl. 13
  • Tate, R. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 91–176


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