Muricanthus
Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
| Muricanthus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Muricanthus radix | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Muricanthus |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Aaronia Verrill, 1950 | |
The name Muricanthus has become a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810
Species
Species within the genus Muricanthus have become synonyms:
- Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845):[3] synonym of Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
- Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958: synonym of Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
- Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875): synonym of Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
- Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845):[4] synonym of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845)
- Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791):[5] synonym of Hexaplex radix (Gmelin, 1791)
- Muricanthus trippae Petuch, 1991: synonym of Hexaplex fulvescens (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Muricanthus varius (Sowerby, 1834):[6] synonym of Chicoreus varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
gollark: This is why you should never memorize the order of playing card decks.
gollark: <@638230362711130132> Use `echo -n` or you'll get a newline in there.
gollark: Ah yes, "only" one hour.
gollark: How many people are going around extracting zinc from its ore?
gollark: Opus encoders let you configure the target bitrate. If you compare a 48kbps Opus file to a 48kbps DFPWM one, the quality of the Opus one will likely be better.
References
- Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
- Muricanthus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Muricanthus varius (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.