Menathais viciani
Menathais viciani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
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Menathais viciani Kovács, 2018. Middle Miocene, Letkés, Hungary
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Menathais |
Species: | †M. viciani |
Binomial name | |
†Menathais viciani Kovács, 2018 | |
Distribution
This species occurs in Middle Miocene deposits at Letkés, Hungary.[1] It is the first fossil representative of genus Menathais.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Menathais viciani Kovács, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1115607 on 2019-01-06
- Kovács Z. (2018). Description of three new species of Muricidae (Neogastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys. Novapex. 19(1): 29-35.
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