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.
Species
Species within the genus Homalocantha include:
- Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
- Homalocantha anomaliae <small>Kosuge, 1979</small>
- Homalocantha digitata <small>(Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Homalocantha dondani <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small>
- Homalocantha dovpeledi <small>Houart, 1982</small>
- Homalocantha elatensis <small>Heiman & Mienis, 2009</small>
- Homalocantha granpoderi <small>Merle & Garrigues, 2011</small>
- Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883)
- Homalocantha melanamathos <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Homalocantha ninae <small>Merle & Garrigues, 2011</small>
- Homalocantha nivea <small>Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014</small>
- Homalocantha oxyacantha <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small>
- Homalocantha pele <small>(Pilsbry, 1918)</small>
- Homalocantha pisori <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small>
- Homalocantha scorpio <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Homalocantha secunda <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Homalocantha tortua <small>(Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)</small>
- Homalocantha vicdani <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small>
- Homalocantha zamboi <small>(Burch & Burch, 1960)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Homalocantha echiniformis <small>Shikama, 1978</small>: synonym of Favartia balteata <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small> (synonym)
- Homalocantha fauroti <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>: synonym of Homalocantha anatomica <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
- Homalocantha rota <small>(Mawe, 1823)</small>: synonym of Homalocantha anatomica <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
References
- Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. Zoosystema 33(4): 557-575
External links
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. 76: p