Homalocantha oxyacantha

Homalocantha oxyacantha
Shell of Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833), measuring 49.4 mm in length, with operculum collected alive on beach at low tide at Fort Kobbe, in Panama.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species: H. oxyacantha
Binomial name
Homalocantha oxyacantha
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Murex oxyacantha Broderip, 1833
Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918

Homalocantha oxyacantha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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