Thais (gastropod)

Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae.

Species
Species within the genus Thais include:
 * Thais ambustulata Hedley, 1912
 * Thais dayunensis Z.-Y. Chen & Z.-J. You, 2009
 * † Thais demissa Finlay, 1930
 * Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Thais pseudodiadema (Yokoyama, 1928)
 * Thais tricolorata Bozzetti, 2010

Synonyms

 * Thais aculeata Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844 : synonym of Tylothais aculeata (Deshayes, 1844)
 *  Thais alouina (Röding, 1798) : synonym of Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
 * Thais aperta Blainville, 1832 : synonym of Drupa aperta (Blainville, 1832)
 * Thais bimaculata (Jonas, 1845) : synonym of Menathais bimaculata (Jonas, 1845)
 * Thais bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) : synonym of Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)
 * Thais bronni (Dunker, 1860) : synonym of Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860)
 * Thais callaoensis (Gray, 1828) : synonym of Acanthais callaoensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (superseded combination)
 * Thais callifera (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais carinifera: synonym of Thais lacera (Born, 1778)
 * Thais chocolata (Duclos, 1832) : synonym of Thaisella chocolata (P.L. Duclos, 1832)
 * Thais clavigera Köster, 1858 : synonym of Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)
 * Thais coronata (Lamarck, 1816) : synonym of Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
 * Thais delessertiana (D'Orbigny, 1841) : synonym of Stramonita delessertiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
 * Thais deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822) - deltoid rocksnail: synonym of Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais dubia (Schepman, 1922) : synonym of Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919)
 * Thais echinata (Blainville, 1832) : synonym of Mancinella echinata (Blainville, 1832)
 * Thais echinulata (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Mancinella echinulata (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) : synonym of Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839)
 * Thais gemmulata: synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798)
 * Thais gradata (Jonas, 1846) : synonym of Indothais gradata (Jonas, 1846)
 * Thais grandis (Sowerby, 1835) : synonym of Neorapana grandis (Sowerby I, 1835)
 * Thais grossa Houart, 2001 : synonym of Mancinella grossa (Houart, 2001) (basionym)
 * Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Thais herberti Houart, 1998 : synonym of Mancinella herberti (Houart, 1998) (basionym)
 * Thais hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
 * Thais intermedia (Kiener, 1835) : synonym of Menathais intermedia (Kiener, 1835)
 * Thais javanica (Philippi, 1848) : synonym of Indothais javanica (Philippi, 1848)
 * Thais jubilaea Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990 : synonym of Reishia jubilaea (K.-S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990) : synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802)
 * Thais keluo Tan & Liu, 2001 : synonym of Reishia keluo (K.-S. Tan & L.-L. Liu, 2001)
 * Thais kiosquiformis (Duclos, 1832) : synonym of Thaisella kiosquiformis (Duclos, 1832)
 * Thais lacera (Born, 1778) : synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
 * Thais lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Thais langi Clench & Turner, 1948 : synonym of Thaisella forbesii (Dunker, 1853)
 * Thais lapillus Linnaeus, 1758 - the dog whelk: synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Thais lata (Kuroda, 1931) : synonym of Mancinella lata (Kuroda, 1931)
 * Thais luteostoma Holton, 1803 : synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802)
 * Thais malayensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996 : synonym of Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
 * Thais mancinella Linnaeus : synonym of Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
 * Thais mariae Morettes, 1954 : synonym of Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954) (basionym)
 * Thais marmorata (Pease, 1865) : synonym of Mancinella marmorata (Pease, 1865)
 * Thais melones (Duclos, 1832) : synonym of Vasula melones (Duclos, 1832)
 * Thais muricata (Broderip, 1832) : synonym of Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)
 * Thais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) - White rock shell: synonym of Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Thais pica Blainville : synonym of Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa (Röding, 1798)
 * Thais pinangensis Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996 : synonym of Indothais pinangensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
 * Thais rufotincta Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996 : synonym of Indothais rufotincta (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
 * Thais rustica (Lamarck, 1822) Rustic rocksnail: synonym of Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Thais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844) : synonym of Thalessa savignyi (Deshayes, 1844) ; synonym of Tylothais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)
 *  Thais siro Kuroda, 1931 : synonym of Mancinella siro (Kuroda, 1931)
 * Thais speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832) : synonym of Vasula speciosa ( Valenciennes, 1832)
 * Thais stellata Röding, 1798: synonym of Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Thais tissoti (Petit, 1852) : synonym of Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
 * Thais triangularis (Blainville, 1832) : synonym of Acanthais triangularis (Blainville, 1832)
 * Thais trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869) : synonym of Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869) (superseded combination)
 * Thais tuberculata (Sowerby, 1835) : synonym of Neorapana tuberculata (Sowerby I, 1835)
 * Thais tuberosa (Röding, 1798) : synonym of Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798)
 * Thais tumulosa (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Thalessa tumulosa (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Thaisella tumulosa (Reeve, 1846)
 * Thais undata Lamarck : synonym of Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Thais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) : synonym of Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
 * Thais woodwardi (Roxo, 1924) : synonym of † Melongena woodwardi (Roxo, 1924) - from Miocene of the Pebas Formation
 * Thais wutingi Tan, 1997 : synonym of Indothais wutingi (Tan, 1997) (original combination)