Homalocantha pele

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Homalocantha pele
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species:
H. pele
Binomial name
Homalocantha pele
(Pilsbry, 1918)
Synonyms [1]

Murex pelePilsbry, 1918

Homalocantha pele 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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Description

Shell size 40-45 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Hawaii: lives on rocks and algae substrate, at 15 m. depth.

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