Neothais

Neothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Neothais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Neothais

Iredale, 1912
Type species
Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889

Species

Species within the genus Neothais include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Neothais clathrata (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Coralliophila clathrata (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Neothais scalaris (Menke, 1829): synonym of Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
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References
  1. Neothais Iredale, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Neothais harpa (Conrad, 1837). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Neothais nesiotes (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Iredale, T. (1912). New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(3): 217-228, pl. 9.


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