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Acanthais

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Acanthais
Shell of Acanthais brevidentata (specimen at MNHN, paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Acanthais
Vermeij & Kool, 1994

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

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Species within the genus Acanthais include:

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