Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Rapaninae > Genus Indothais

Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Indothais*	Claremont, Vermeij, S. T. Williams & D. Reid, 2013	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Purpura carinifera*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Thais lacera*	(Born, 1778)	synonym
*Thaisella lacera*	(Born, 1778)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: carinate rock shell; carinate rock snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gekielte Felsschnecke

Literature

new combination reference	Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Indothais lacera (Born, 1778). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714477