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:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Muricanthus Swainson, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
Aaronia Verrill, 1950 Centronotus Swainson, 1833

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)

References

1. Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
2. Muricanthus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Muricanthus varius (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.