Phyllonotus

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

Similar Phyllonotus pomum, Chicoreus, Hexaplex, Pterynotus, Phyllonotus margaritensis

Chicoreus is a genus of medium to large sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.

In 2011 Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus

Species

Phyllonotus eversoni (D'Attilio, Myers & Shasky, 1987)

Phyllonotus globosus Emmons, 1858

Phyllonotus margaritensis (Abbott, 1958)

Phyllonotus oculatus (Reeve, 1845)

Phyllonotus peratus Keen, 1960

Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin, 1791)

Species brought into synonymy

Phyllonotus acanthophora A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Ocenebra acanthophora (A. Adams, 1863)

Phyllonotus coronatus A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Phyllonotus superbus (Sowerby, 1889) : synonym of Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)

Phyllonotus unifasciatus A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)

References

Phyllonotus Wikipedia

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