Thatcheriasyrinx orientis

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Thatcheriasyrinx orientis
Shell of Thatcheriasyrinx orientis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Thatcheriasyrinx
Species:
T. orientis
Binomial name
Thatcheriasyrinx orientis
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Ancistrosyrinx orientis Melvill, 1904

Thatcheriasyrinx orientis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Thatcheriasyrinx orientis kawamurai (Kuroda, 1959) (found off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan)

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; and off Hawaii (this is probably a species of Aliceia)

References[edit]

  • Chino, M. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2021). Description of a new Famelica species (Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) from the Philippines. Gloria Maris. 60(4): 184-187.

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