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Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994 
AphiaID: 395238

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Buccinum brevidentatum Wood, 1828 (type by original designation)
Parent Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Source  taxonomy source: Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details]

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 Species Acanthais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)
Species Acanthais callaoensis (Gray, 1828)
Species Acanthais triangularis (Bruguière, 1832)
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395238
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-05-24 10:50:18Z  created  Houart, Roland
2009-05-24 14:05:01Z  changed  Houart, Roland
2012-12-27 11:15:59Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395238 on 2013-05-23
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