| Neothais | |
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| Shell of Neothais marginatra (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Neothais Iredale, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 | |
| Species | |
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Neothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Neothais include:
- Neothais harpa (Conrad, 1837)[2]
- † Neothais lassa Marwick, 1948
- Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Neothais nesiotes (Dall, 1908)[3]
- Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889)[4]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Neothais Iredale, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Neothais harpa (Conrad, 1837). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Neothais nesiotes (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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.
External links
- 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
- Tan K. S. (2003) Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australian and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Journal of Natural History 37(8): 911-1028
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