Acanthais

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Acanthais include:

• Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)^[2]