Rhizochilus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae
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Rhizochilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Rhizochilus include:

Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850

Species brought into synonymy

Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)

Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby: synonym of Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)

Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

Rhizochilus squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876 : synonym of Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)

Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953 : synonym of Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850

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