Homalocantha
a shell of Homalocantha zamboi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

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

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