Homalocantha melanamathos

Homalocantha melanamathos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Homalocantha melanamathos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Homalocantha
Species:
H. melanamathos
Binomial name
Homalocantha melanamathos
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Homalocantha melanamathos f. chinii Biraghi, 1984
Murex melanamathos Gmelin, 1791
Purpura tuberosa Röding, 1798

References
  1. Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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