Homalocantha

Homalocantha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Homalocantha
a shell of Homalocantha zamboi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Homalocantha Mörch, 1852[1]
Type species
Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758

The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Myricidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

• Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)[3]
• Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979[4]
• Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby, 1841)[5]
• Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989[6]
• Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982[7]
• Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009[8]
• Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883)[9]
• Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791)[10]
• Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833)[11]
• Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918)[12]
• Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989[13]
• Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)[14]
• Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822)[15]
• Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)[16]
• Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989[17]
• Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960)[18]

References

1. Mörch O. A. L. (1852). Cat. Conch. Yoldi 1: 95.
2. Homalocantha Mörch, 1852. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
3. Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
11. Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
12. Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
13. Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
14. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
15. Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
16. Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
17. Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
18. Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.