Homalocantha secunda

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

Homalocantha secunda
Shell of Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822), with operculum, 40.2 mm in length, by scuba diver at 100 ft., off Rameswaram, India
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. secunda
Binomial name
Homalocantha secunda
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Murex secundus Lamarck, 1822

References
  1. Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp


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