| Homalocantha dovpeledi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Homalocantha |
| Species: | H. dovpeledi |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982 | |
Homalocantha dovpeledi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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It is found in the Gulf of Aqaba. [2]
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