Thaisella chocolata

Thaisella chocolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Thaisella chocolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Thaisella
Species:	T. chocolata
Binomial name
Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Purpura chocolata Duclos, 1832 Purpura chocolatum Duclos, 1832 Purpura lefevrei Lesson, 1840 Stramonita chocolata (Duclos, 1832) Thais chocolata (Duclos, 1832)

Description

The length of the shell attains 77.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the west coast of South America: (Chile, Ecuador and Peru). The snail is found in the intertidal zone and is quite common on rocky shores, both in sheltered waters and on the open coast.