Thaisella forbesii

Thaisella forbesii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1][2]

Thaisella forbesii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Thaisella
Species:	T. forbesii
Binomial name
Thaisella forbesii (Dunker, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
Purpura forbesii Dunker, 1853 Stramonita haemastoma forbesi R.W. Dunker, 1853 Thais (Thaisella) langi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948 Thais forbesii Dunker Thais langi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948

Description

The length of the shell attains 38 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Ivory Coast.