Dicathais | |
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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 [1] |
Species: | D. orbita
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Binomial name | |
Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.