Biology:Menathais

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Menathais
Menathais tuberosa (MNHN-IM-2000-953) 001.jpeg
Shell of Menathais tuberosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Menathais
Iredale, 1937
Type species
Purpura pica Blainville, 1832

Menathais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Menathais include:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais Iredale, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395261 on 2019-01-06
  2. Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18595323 entry