Acanthais
Appearance
Acanthais | |
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Shell of Acanthais brevidentata (specimen at MNHN, paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994 |
Acanthais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, known as the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Acanthais include:
- Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.