MolluscaBase - Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)

AfReMaS taxon details

Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)

AphiaID

1048567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1048567)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tylothais Houart, 2017

Original name

Murex virgatus Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted

Thalessa virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 732 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 on 2025-05-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-12-11 17:38:35Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 732 [details]

new combination reference Houart, R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Novapex.</em> 18 (4): 81-103. [details] Available for editors