Muricanthus

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Muricanthus
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Muricanthus radix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Muricanthus
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Type species
Murex radixGmelin, 1791
Synonyms [2]
  • AaroniaVerrill, 1950
  • CentronotusSwainson, 1833
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus)Swainson, 1840
  • Murex (Aaronia)A. H. Verrill, 1950
  • Murex (Centronotus)Swainson, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Centronotus Schneider, 1801 [Pisces])
  • Murex (Muricantha)P. Fischer, 1884 (unjustified emendation)
  • Murex (Muricanthus)Swainson, 1840 (original rank)

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

Contents

The name Muricanthus was previously considered a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus)Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810 [3]

Species

Species within the genus Muricanthus :

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
  2. 1 2 Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  3. Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.
  4. Muricanthus varius (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.