Homalocantha tortua

Homalocantha tortua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Homalocantha tortua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Homalocantha
Species:
H. tortua
Binomial name
Homalocantha tortua
(Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex crispus Broderip, 1833
Murex multicrispatus Dunker, 1869
Murex tortua Broderip in Sowerby, 1834

References
  1. Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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