Reishia

Reishia
Shell of Reishia luteostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Reishia
Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Type species
Purpura bronni
Dunker, 1860
Synonyms[1]
  • Thais (Reishia) Kuroda & Habe, 1971

Reishia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Reishia include:

Synonyms
  • Reishia armigera (Link, 1807):[4] synonym of Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
  • Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860):[5] synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Reishia capensis (Petit, 1852):[6] synonym of Mancinella capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Reishia jubilaea (K.-S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990): synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Reishia pseudodiadema (Yokoyama, 1928): synonym of Thais pseudodiadema (Yokoyama, 1928)

References

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  1. ^ a b Reishia Kuroda & Habe, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Reishia problematica (Baker, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Reishia armigera (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Reishia capensis (Petit, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1–121.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102


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