Thaisella trinitatensis

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

Thaisella trinitatensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Thaisella
Species:	T. trinitatensis
Binomial name
Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869 Thais coronata trinitatensis R.J.L. Guppy, 1869 Thais trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869) (superseded combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

The type locality is contained in Trinidad and Tobago; also in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

Habitat

This species is found in the following habitats:^[1]

• Brackish
• Marine