Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
- Name authority
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Dicathais
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
- superfamilyMuricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyMuricidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyRapaninae J. E. Gray, 1853
- genusDicathais Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962
- speciesDicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dicathais aegrota (Reeve, 1846) (Reeve, 1846) | synonym |
| Dicathais scalaris (Menke, 1829) (Menke, 1829) | synonym |
| Polytropa succincta (Lamarck, 1816) (Lamarck, 1816) | synonym |
| Neothais scalaris (Menke, 1829) (Menke, 1829) | synonym |
| Thais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) (Gmelin, 1791) | synonym |
| Dicathais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816) (Lamarck, 1816) | synonym |
| Dicathais vector Thornley, 1952 Thornley, 1952 | synonym |
| Haustrum ventricosum Kaicher, 1980 Kaicher, 1980 | synonym |
| Thais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816) (Lamarck, 1816) | synonym |
| Purpura aegrota Reeve, 1846 Reeve, 1846 | synonym |
| Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829 Menke, 1829 | ambiguous synonym |
| Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816 Lamarck, 1816 | synonym |
| Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816 Lamarck, 1816 | synonym |
| Buccinum orbita Gmelin, 1791 Gmelin, 1791 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396664 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:35J5M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.