Concholepas

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Concholepas
Concholepas concholepas.jpg
Two live individuals of Concholepas concholepas , the one on the left has been turned over to show the under surface of the large muscular foot
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Concholepas
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Concholepas peruvianaLamarck, 1801
Synonyms [1]
  • ConchopatellaHerrmannsen, 1847
  • Conchulus Rafinesque, 1815

Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells. [1]

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Description

The shell is ovate. The body whorl is large and expanded. The spire is very short and obliquely inclined towards the left side. The aperture is very wide, slightly channelled anteriorly. The inner lip is flattened. The outer lip shows two small teeth in front.

The only Recent species known of this genus is from Peru. It lives upon the rocks and stones along the shore, and, considering the size of the foot, is, according to D'Orbigny, very inactive. The operculum is very large and thin, and is placed transversely across the hind part of the foot. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Concholepas include:

Synonyms

Life habits

These animals are predatory, like almost all the muricids.

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