Neothais
Sign in to saveNeothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SIO, AM, QM, BPBM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia, United States
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- Muricidae
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.198622 - Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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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.
==Species== Species within the genus Neothais include: Neothais harpa (Conrad, 1837) † Neothais lassa Marwick, 1948 Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) Neothais nesiotes (Dall, 1908) Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889) 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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