Muricanthus

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

Similar Hexaplex nigritus, Hexaplex radix, Hexaplex, Hexaplex erythrostomus, Phyllonotus

Muricanthus princeps 01 wmv

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

The name Muricanthus has become a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810

Species within the genus Muricanthus have become synonyms:

Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)

Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958: synonym of Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)

Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875): synonym of Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Hexaplex nigritus (Philippi, 1845)

Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Hexaplex radix (Gmelin, 1791)

Muricanthus trippae Petuch, 1991: synonym of Hexaplex fulvescens (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Muricanthus varius (Sowerby, 1834): synonym of Chicoreus varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)

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