Haustrum (gastropod)

Haustrum
Shell of Haustrum albomarginatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Haustrinae
Genus: Haustrum
Perry, 1811[1]
Type species
Haustrum zealandicum
Perry, 1811
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepsia Hutton, 1883
  • Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
  • Lepsithais Finlay, 1928

Haustrum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Haustrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[3]

  1. ^ Perry (1811). Conchology, plate 44.
  2. ^ Houart, R. (2009). Haustrum Perry, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395160 on 2010-05-15
  3. ^ Bedeva Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.