Neothais

Neothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Neothais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Neothais Iredale, 1912
Type species
Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889

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

1. Neothais Iredale, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. Neothais harpa (Conrad, 1837). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Neothais nesiotes (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• 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.