Dicathais

Dicathais
Dorsal view of a shell of Dicathais orbita
Apertural view showing the deep crenulations
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Dicathais
Iredale, 1936 
Species:
D. orbita
Binomial name
Dicathais orbita
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum orbita Gmelin, 1791
  • Dicathais aegrota (Reeve, 1846)
  • Dicathais scalaris (Menke, 1829)
  • Dicathais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Dicathais vector Thornley, 1952)
  • Haustrum ventricosum Kaicher, 1980
  • Neothais scalaris (Menke, 1829)
  • Polytropa succincta (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Purpura aegrota Reeve, 1846
  • Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829
  • Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816
  • Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816
  • Thais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Thais textilosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Dicathais is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. This genus is monotypic; the only species in it is Dicathais orbita, common name the white rock shell or cart-rut shell, found round the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

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