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Thais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)

murícido diente de púa, Thorntoothed rocksnail

Length: 30 mm.

Intertidal and subtidal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Muricoidea

Family
Muricidae

Genus
Thais

Species
brevidentata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acanthina brevidentata (Hickman & Finet, 1999)

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Mexico to north of Peru and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands (Keen, 1958)

References

  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Thais brevidentata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11580. Accessed 1 November 2026.