Species under Thais
n= 24
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Thais armigera
(Link, 1807)
Belligerent rock shell Indo-Pacific 9
Thais bitubercularis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Indo-West Pacific
Thais buccinea
Deshayes, 1844
Western Central Pacific 5
Thais bufo
(Lamarck, 1822)
Toad purpura Indo-West Pacific 8
Thais deltoidea
(Lamarck, 1822)
Deltoid rocksnail Western Central Atlantic
Thais distinguenda
(Dunker & Zelebor, 1866)
Indo-West Pacific
Thais echinata
(Blainville, 1832)
Blainville's spiny rock-shell Indo-West Pacific 4.5
Thais echinulata
(Lamarck, 1822)
Lamarck's spiny rock-shell Indo-West Pacific 5
Thais emarginata
unspecified
Northeast Pacific
Thais gradata
(Jonas, 1846)
Drill Western Pacific
Thais grossa
Houart, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Thais javanica
(Philipp, 1848)
Western Pacific 3
Thais jubilaea
Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990
Southeast Asia
Thais kieneri
(Deshayes, 1844)
Western Central Pacific
Thais kiosquiformis
(Duclos, 1832)
Southeast Pacific
Thais lamellosa
unspecified
Northeast Pacific
Thais luteostoma
Holton, 1803
Granulated dogwhelk Northwest Pacific
Thais mancinella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mancinella rock-shell Indo-West Pacific 5.5
Thais muricoides
(Blainville, 1832)
Indo-West Pacific
Thais nodosa
Röding, 1798
Nodose rock shell Eastern Atlantic
Thais rufotincta
Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996
Southeast Asia
Thais rugosa
(Born, 1798)
Indo-West Pacific
Thais tuberosa
Röding, 1798
Tuberose rock shell Indo-Pacific 6
Thais virgata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Indo-West Pacific
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