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Homalocantha Mörch, 1852
204909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204909)
accepted
Genus
Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Murex (Homalocantha) Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
- Species Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979
- Species Homalocantha calhounensis (E. H. Vokes, 1968) †
- Species Homalocantha crispangula (Heilprin, 1886) †
- Species Homalocantha digitata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
- Species Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
- Species Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982
- Species Homalocantha granpoderi Merle & Garrigues, 2011
- Species Homalocantha heptagonata (Bronn, 1831) †
- Species Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883)
- Species Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Homalocantha ninae Merle & Garrigues, 2011
- Species Homalocantha nivea Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014
- Species Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833)
- Species Homalocantha pauli (Benoist, 1880) †
- Species Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918)
- Species Homalocantha perpulchra (Bellardi, 1873) †
- Species Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
- Species Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Homalocantha sowerbyi Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2022
- Species Homalocantha talahabensis (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Homalocantha tortua (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Species Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989
- Species Homalocantha zamboi (J. Q. Burch & R. L. Burch, 1960)
- Species Homalocantha antecedens Ludbrook, 1958 † accepted as Eofavartia antecedens (Ludbrook, 1958) † accepted as Subpterynotus antecedens (Ludbrook, 1958) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Homalocantha echiniformis Shikama, 1978 accepted as Favartia balteata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (synonym)
- Species Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009 accepted as Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Homalocantha fauroti Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811) (synonym)
- Species Homalocantha rota (Mawe, 1823) accepted as Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
- Species Homalocantha subrudis (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Eofavartia subrudis (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Murex (Homalocantha) Mörch, 1852) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 95 [details]
page(s): 95 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Homalocantha Mörch, 1852. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204909 on 2025-03-31
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(of Murex (Homalocantha) Mörch, 1852) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 95 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 140-151, pls 123-145 [details]
additional source Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. <i>Zoosystema</i> 33(4): 557-575. [30 December 2011] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 95 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 140-151, pls 123-145 [details]
additional source Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. <i>Zoosystema</i> 33(4): 557-575. [30 December 2011] [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
