Homalocantha

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae

Similar Homalocantha zamboi, Pterynotus, Favartia, Haustellum, Homalocantha scorpio

Homalocantha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Myricidae.

Homalocantha oxycantha 01 wmv

Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)

Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979

Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby, 1841)

Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989

Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982

Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009

Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883)

Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791)

Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833)

Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918)

Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989

Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822)

Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)

Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989

Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960)

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