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Homalocantha

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

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

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Species

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Species within the genus Homalocantha include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Homalocantha echiniformis Shikama, 1978: synonym of Favartia balteata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (synonym)
  • Homalocantha fauroti Jousseaume, 1888: synonym of Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
  • Homalocantha rota (Mawe, 1823): synonym of Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
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