Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Muricanthus
Muricanthus radix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Muricanthus
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Murex radix Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[2]
  • Aaronia Verrill, 1950
  • Centronotus Swainson, 1833
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840
  • Murex (Aaronia) A. H. Verrill, 1950
  • Murex (Centronotus) Swainson, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Centronotus Schneider, 1801 [Pisces])
  • Murex (Muricantha) P. Fischer, 1884 (unjustified emendation)
  • Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)

The name Muricanthus was previously considered a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810[3]

Species

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Species within the genus Muricanthus :

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
  2. ^ a b Muricanthus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.
  4. ^ Muricanthus varius (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Verrill, A.H. (1950). A new Murex from the West Indies. Minutes of the Conchological Club of Southern California. 103: 4–5.
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