Menathais
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| Menathais | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Menathais tuberosa (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: | Menathais Iredale, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| Purpura pica Blainville, 1832 | |
Menathais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]