Homalocantha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae.
Species Species within the genus Homalocantha include: Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811) Homalocantha anomaliae Kosuge, 1979 Homalocantha digitata (Sowerby II, 1841) Homalocantha dondani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart, 1982 Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009 Homalocantha granpoderi Merle & Garrigues, 2011 Homalocantha lamberti (Poirier, 1883) Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin, 1791) Homalocantha ninae Merle & Garrigues, 2011 Homalocantha nivea Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014 Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833) Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry, 1918) Homalocantha pisori D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822) Homalocantha tortua (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834) Homalocantha vicdani D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989 Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960) 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)
References
Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. Zoosystema 33(4): 557-575
External links
Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). 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, 170 pp. ; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. . Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. 76: p