Haustrum (gastropod)

Haustrum
Shell of Haustrum albomarginatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Haustrinae
Genus: Haustrum
Perry, 1811
Type species
Haustrum zealandicum
Perry, 1811
Synonyms
  • 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.