Biology:Menathais viciani

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Menathais viciani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Menathais
Species:
M. viciani
Binomial name
Menathais viciani
Kovács, 2018

Menathais viciani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2] File:Menathais Wiki.tif

Distribution

This species occurs in Middle Miocene deposits at Letkés, Hungary.[1] It is the first fossil representative of genus Menathais.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais viciani Kovács, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1115607 on 2019-01-06
  2. Kovács Z. (2018). Description of three new species of Muricidae (Neogastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys. Novapex. 19(1): 29-35.

Wikidata ☰ Q60397247 entry