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Homalocantha
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| Homalocantha | |
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| a shell of Homalocantha zamboi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| 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 Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Homalocantha include:
- Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)[3]
- Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979[4]
- Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby II, 1841)[5]
- Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989[6]
- Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982[7]
- Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009[8]
- Homalocantha granpoderi Merle & Garrigues, 2011
- Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883)[9]
- Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791)[10]
- Homalocantha ninae Merle & Garrigues, 2011
- Homalocantha nivea Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014
- 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]
- 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
[edit]- ^ Mörch O. A. L. (1852). Cat. Conch. Yoldi 1: 95.
- ^ a b 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.
- 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
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