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Acanthais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, known as the murex snails or rock snails.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine

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6
Family
Muricidae
Collections
CASG
Recorded in
United States, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muricidae
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Acanthina brevidentata (Wood, 1828) (3063441884).jpg
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taxon name
Acanthais
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Acanthais
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Acanthais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, known as the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== Species within the genus Acanthais include: Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)

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