Homalocantha

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Homalocantha
Homalocantha zamboi shell.jpg
a shell of Homalocantha zamboi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Homalocantha
Mörch, 1852 [1]
Type species
Murex scorpioLinnaeus, 1758

Homalocantha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]

Contents

The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

Species brought into synonymy

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Homalocantha tortua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Homalocantha vicdani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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References

  1. Mörch O. A. L. (1852). Cat. Conch. Yoldi1: 95.
  2. 1 2 Homalocantha Mörch, 1852 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 December 2010.
  3. Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  4. Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  5. Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby, 1841) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  6. Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  7. Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  8. Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  9. Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  10. Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  11. Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  12. Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  13. Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  14. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  15. Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  16. Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  17. Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  18. Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.