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Carinate rock shell

Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The carinate rock shell (Indothais lacera) is a species in the family Muricidae, order Neogastropoda.

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Quick facts about the carinate rock shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the carinate rock shell live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carinate rock shell as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. France
  4. Israel
  5. Italy
  6. Syria
  7. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the carinate rock shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the carinate rock shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyMuricidae
  6. genusIndothais
  7. SpeciesIndothais lacera (Born, 1778)

Synonyms Cuma disjuncta, Cuma disjuncta var. obliterata, Cymia carinifera, Cymia lacera, Cymia mustabilis, Mancinella mutabilis, Murex lacerus, Purpura carinata, Purpura carinifera, Purpura lacerus, Purpura umbilicata, Purpura undataeformis, Thais carinifera, Thais lacera, Thais mustabilis, Thais mutabilis, Thaisella lacera, Thaisella mutabilis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Carinate rock snailEnglish
  • nachovec kýlovitýCzech
  • Gekielte FelsschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the carinate rock shell

Other species in the same genus Indothais.

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Common questions

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Is the carinate rock shell an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carinate rock shell as introduced in 7 countries, including Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel and Italy, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the carinate rock shell?

The carinate rock shell (Indothais lacera) belongs to the family Muricidae in the order Neogastropoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Carinate rock shell (Indothais lacera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/carinate-rock-shell

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BibTeX
@misc{carinate_rock_shell_2026,
  title = {Carinate rock shell (Indothais lacera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carinate-rock-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}