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