Homalocantha scorpio

Homalocantha scorpio, common name the scorpion murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Homalocantha scorpio
Shell of Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758), 35.6 mm in length, dredged off Mandawe, Cebu, Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Homalocantha
Species:	H. scorpio
Binomial name
Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811 Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811 Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758