Homalocantha pisori

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Homalocantha pisori
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species:
H. pisori
Binomial name
Homalocantha pisori
D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989

Homalocantha pisori 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

This species attains a size of 50 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Philippines.

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