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