Phyllocoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Phyllocoma
Phyllocoma speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Phyllocoma
Tapparone Canefri, 1881
Type species
Triton convolutus
Broderip, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Craspedotriton Dall, 1904
  • Epidromus (Phyllocoma) Tapparone Canefri, 1881 (original rank)
  • Galfridus Iredale, 1924
  • Phyllocoma (Galfridus) Iredale, 1924· accepted, alternate representation
  • Phyllocoma (Phyllocoma) Tapparone Canefri, 1881· accepted, alternate representation

Species

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Species within the genus Phyllocoma include

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