Muricanthus
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Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
The name Muricanthus was previously considered a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810
Species
Species within the genus Muricanthus :
- Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
- Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958
- Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845)
- Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791)
- Muricanthus strausi (A. H. Verrill, 1950)
Species brought into synonymy
- Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875): synonym of Hexaplex kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
- Muricanthus princeps (Broderip, 1833): synonym of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833)
- Muricanthus trippae Petuch, 1991: synonym of Hexaplex fulvescens (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Muricanthus varius (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Chicoreus varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Muricanthus virgineus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)
- Verrill, A.H. (1950). A new Murex from the West Indies. Minutes of the Conchological Club of Southern California. 103: 4–5.