Neothais marginatra

Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Neothais marginatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Neothais
Species:	N. marginatra
Binomial name
Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832) Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832) Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, 1837 Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832) Morula (Morula) fusca (Küster, 1862) Murex brunneolabrum Dall, 1923 Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836 Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854 Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832 Purpura (Sistrum) fusco-nigra Dunker, 1871 Ricinula fusca Küster, 1862 Sistrum affine Pease, 1862 Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901 Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, the Fiji Islands, Samoan Islands and Polynesia; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).