Acanthais

Acanthais
Shell of Acanthais brevidentata (specimen at MNHN, paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus:
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

Species within the genus Acanthais include:

References

  1. ^ Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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