Reishia clavigera
| Reishia clavigera | |
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| Three individuals of Thais clavigera with many egg masses | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Reishia |
| Species: | R. clavigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860) | |
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Reishia clavigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
This species has been found to be useful as an indicator of the environmental contamination levels of arsenic, copper, and zinc.
Distribution
This is an intertidal species, found on rocky shores in Malaysia, Singapore and Indo-China.
References
- ↑ Houart, R. (2015). Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397003 on 2016-05-14
- ↑ Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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- Guo X., Zhao D., Jung D., Li Q., Kong L.-F., Ni G., et al. (2015). "Phylogeography of the Rock Shell Thais clavigera (Mollusca): Evidence for Long-Distance Dispersal in the Northwestern Pacific". PLoS ONE 10(7): e0129715. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129715
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