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Homalocantha
Sign in to saveHomalocantha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 87
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCMP, DMNS, USNM, AUM, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- India, United States, Panama, Eritrea, Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, Mariana Islands, France
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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 Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae.
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