Edithais is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
| Edithais | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | †Edithais Vermeij, 1998 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Edithais include:[1]
- † Edithais pehuensis (Marwick, 1926)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Edithais Vermeij, 1998 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828344 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Vermeij G.J. (1998). New genera of Cenozoic muricid gastropods, with comments on the mode of formation of the labral tooth. Journal of Paleontology. 72(5): 855-864.
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