Homalocantha secunda | |
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Shell of Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822), with operculum, 40.2 mm in length, by scuba diver at 100 ft., off Rameswaram, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Homalocantha |
Species: | H. secunda |
Binomial name | |
Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Murex secundusLamarck, 1822 |
Homalocantha secunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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