Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae.
Species
Species within the genus Thais include:
Synonyms
- Thais aculeata <small>Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844</small>: synonym of Tylothais aculeata <small>(Deshayes, 1844)</small>
- Thais alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of Mancinella alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Thais aperta <small>Blainville, 1832</small>: synonym of Drupa aperta <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>
- Thais bimaculata <small>(Jonas, 1845)</small>: synonym of Menathais bimaculata <small>(Jonas, 1845)</small>
- Thais bitubercularis <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Reishia bitubercularis <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais blanfordi <small>(Melvill, 1893)</small>: synonym of Indothais blanfordi <small>(Melvill, 1893)</small>
- Thais bronni <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small>: synonym of Reishia bronni <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small>
- Thais callaoensis <small>(Gray, 1828)</small>: synonym of Acanthais callaoensis <small>(J. E. Gray, 1828)</small> (superseded combination)
- Thais callifera <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Thaisella callifera <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais carinifera: synonym of Thais lacera <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Thais chocolata <small>(Duclos, 1832)</small>: synonym of Thaisella chocolata <small>(P.L. Duclos, 1832)</small>
- Thais clavigera <small>Köster, 1858</small>: synonym of Reishia clavigera <small>(Küster, 1860)</small>
- Thais coronata <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>: synonym of Thaisella coronata <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
- Thais delessertiana <small>(D'Orbigny, 1841)</small>: synonym of Stramonita delessertiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Thais deltoidea <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> - deltoid rocksnail: synonym of Vasula deltoidea <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais dubia <small>(Schepman, 1922)</small>: synonym of Indothais dubia <small>(Schepman, 1919)</small>
- Thais echinata <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>: synonym of Mancinella echinata <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>
- Thais echinulata <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Mancinella echinulata <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais emarginata <small>(Deshayes, 1839)</small>: synonym of Nucella emarginata <small>(Deshayes, 1839)</small>
- Thais gemmulata: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Thais gradata <small>(Jonas, 1846)</small>: synonym of Indothais gradata <small>(Jonas, 1846)</small>
- Thais grandis <small>(Sowerby, 1835)</small>: synonym of Neorapana grandis <small>(Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Thais grossa <small>Houart, 2001</small>: synonym of Mancinella grossa <small>(Houart, 2001)</small> (basionym)
- Thais haemastoma <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of Stramonita haemastoma <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Thais herberti <small>Houart, 1998</small>: synonym of Mancinella herberti <small>(Houart, 1998)</small> (basionym)
- Thais hippocastanum <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of Thais (Thalessa) virgata <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
- Thais intermedia <small>(Kiener, 1835)</small>: synonym of Menathais intermedia <small>(Kiener, 1835)</small>
- Thais javanica <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>: synonym of Indothais javanica <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
- Thais jubilaea <small>Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990</small>: synonym of Reishia jubilaea <small>(K.-S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990)</small>: synonym of Reishia luteostoma <small>(Holten, 1802)</small>
- Thais keluo <small>Tan & Liu, 2001</small>: synonym of Reishia keluo <small>(K.-S. Tan & L.-L. Liu, 2001)</small>
- Thais kiosquiformis <small>(Duclos, 1832)</small>: synonym of Thaisella kiosquiformis <small>(Duclos, 1832)</small>
- Thais lacera <small>(Born, 1778)</small>: synonym of Indothais lacera <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Thais lamellosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Nucella lamellosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Thais langi <small>Clench & Turner, 1948</small>: synonym of Thaisella forbesii <small>(Dunker, 1853)</small>
- Thais lapillus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> - the dog whelk: synonym of Nucella lapillus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Thais lata <small>(Kuroda, 1931)</small>: synonym of Mancinella lata <small>(Kuroda, 1931)</small>
- Thais luteostoma <small>Holton, 1803</small>: synonym of Reishia luteostoma <small>(Holten, 1802)</small>
- Thais malayensis <small>Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996</small>: synonym of Indothais malayensis <small>(Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)</small>
- Thais mancinella <small>Linnaeus</small>: synonym of Mancinella alouina <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Thais mariae <small>Morettes, 1954</small>: synonym of Thaisella mariae <small>(Morretes, 1954)</small> (basionym)
- Thais marmorata <small>(Pease, 1865)</small>: synonym of Mancinella marmorata <small>(Pease, 1865)</small>
- Thais melones <small>(Duclos, 1832)</small>: synonym of Vasula melones <small>(Duclos, 1832)</small>
- Thais muricata <small>(Broderip, 1832)</small>: synonym of Neorapana muricata <small>(Broderip, 1832)</small>
- Thais orbita <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> - White rock shell: synonym of Dicathais orbita <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Thais pica <small>Blainville</small>: synonym of Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Thais pinangensis <small>Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996</small>: synonym of Indothais pinangensis <small>(K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)</small>
- Thais rufotincta <small>Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996</small>: synonym of Indothais rufotincta <small>(K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)</small>
- Thais rustica <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> Rustic rocksnail: synonym of Stramonita rustica <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais sacellum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Indothais sacellum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Thais savignyi <small>(Deshayes, 1844)</small>: synonym of Thalessa savignyi <small>(Deshayes, 1844)</small>; synonym of Tylothais savignyi <small>(Deshayes, 1844)</small>
- Thais siro <small>Kuroda, 1931</small>: synonym of Mancinella siro <small>(Kuroda, 1931)</small>
- Thais speciosa <small>(Valenciennes, 1832)</small>: synonym of Vasula speciosa (<small>Valenciennes, 1832)</small>
- Thais stellata Röding, 1798: synonym of Stramonita haemastoma <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Thais tissoti <small>(Petit, 1852)</small>: synonym of Semiricinula tissoti <small>(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)</small>
- Thais triangularis <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>: synonym of Acanthais triangularis <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>
- Thais trinitatensis <small>(Guppy, 1869)</small>: synonym of Thaisella trinitatensis <small>(Guppy, 1869)</small> (superseded combination)
- Thais tuberculata <small>(Sowerby, 1835)</small>: synonym of Neorapana tuberculata <small>(Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Thais tuberosa <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of Menathais tuberosa <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
- Thais tumulosa <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>: synonym of Thalessa tumulosa <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>: synonym of Thaisella tumulosa <small>(Reeve, 1846)</small>
- Thais undata <small>Lamarck</small>: synonym of Reishia bitubercularis <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Thais virgata <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>: synonym of Tylothais virgata <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
- Thais woodwardi <small>(Roxo, 1924)</small>: synonym of â Melongena woodwardi <small>(Roxo, 1924)</small> - from Miocene of the Pebas Formation
- Thais wutingi <small>Tan, 1997</small>: synonym of Indothais wutingi <small>(Tan, 1997)</small> (original combination)
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a Hedley bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213
Further reading
- R. Tucker Abbott, Percy A. Morris, Roger Tory Peterson, (1995), A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, New York (Peterson Field Guide Series)
- Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. (1962) Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press & The National Museum of Victoria
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