Homalocantha

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

Homalocantha
a shell of Homalocantha zamboi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Homalocantha

Mörch, 1852[1]
Type species
Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758

The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Myricidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

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References
  1. Mörch O. A. L. (1852). Cat. Conch. Yoldi 1: 95.
  2. Homalocantha Mörch, 1852. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
  3. Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  18. Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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