Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)

Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)

Reishia clavigera is a murex sea snail that can act as an indicator of heavy metal environmental contamination.

Family
Genus
Reishia
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)

Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860) is a species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Muricidae, which includes murex snails and rock snails. This species has been found useful as an indicator for measuring environmental contamination levels of arsenic, copper, and zinc. It is an intertidal species that lives on rocky shores. Its documented distribution includes rocky intertidal shores in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indo-China, and it is also found in waters off the coast of Japan.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Muricidae Reishia

More from Muricidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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