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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Homalocantha is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Neogastropoda and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Gastropod genera, Homalocantha and Muricopsinae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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