Concholepas

Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.[1]

Concholepas
Two live individuals of Concholepas concholepas, the one on the left has been turned over to show the under surface of the large muscular foot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Concholepas
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms[1]
  • Conchopatella Herrmannsen, 1847
  • Conchulus Rafinesque, 1815

Species

Species within the genus Concholepas include:

Synonyms
  • Concholepas (Coralliobia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Coralliobia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Concholepas (Coralliobia) fimbriata A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Concholepas cuvieri Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas decipiens Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas densestriatus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas granosus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas imbricatus Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas laevigatus Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas minor Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas oblongus Reeve, 1863: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas patagonicus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas rhombicus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas similis Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas splendens Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Concholepas verucundus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)

Life habits

These animals are predatory, like almost all the muricids.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Concholepas Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395240 on 2020-09-03
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102


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