''Homalocantha'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the
radula
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characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Homalocantha'' include:
* ''
Homalocantha anatomica'' (Perry, 1811)
* ''
Homalocantha anomaliae''
Kosuge, 1979
* ''
Homalocantha digitata''
(Sowerby II, 1841)
* ''
Homalocantha dondani''
D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
* ''
Homalocantha dovpeledi''
Houart, 1982
* ''
Homalocantha elatensis''
Heiman & Mienis, 2009
* ''
Homalocantha granpoderi''
Merle & Garrigues, 2011
* ''
Homalocantha lamberti'' (Poirier, 1883)
* ''
Homalocantha melanamathos''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Homalocantha ninae''
Merle & Garrigues, 2011
* ''
Homalocantha nivea''
Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014
* ''
Homalocantha oxyacantha''
(Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Homalocantha pele''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''
Homalocantha pisori''
D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
* ''
Homalocantha scorpio
''Homalocantha scorpio'', common name the scorpion murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastro ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Homalocantha secunda''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Homalocantha tortua''
(Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)
* ''
Homalocantha vicdani''
D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
* ''
Homalocantha zamboi''
(Burch & Burch, 1960)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Homalocantha echiniformis''
Shikama, 1978: synonym of ''
Favartia balteata''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (synonym)
* ''Homalocantha fauroti''
Jousseaume, 1888: synonym of ''Homalocantha anatomica''
(Perry, 1811)
* ''Homalocantha rota''
(Mawe, 1823): synonym of ''Homalocantha anatomica''
(Perry, 1811)
References
* Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. Zoosystema 33(4): 557-575
External links
Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. 76: p
Muricopsinae
Gastropod genera
{{Muricopsinae-stub