Homalocantha anatomica
| Homalocantha anatomica | |
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| Four views of a shell of Homalocantha anatomica | |
| 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. anatomica |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hexaplex anatomica Perry, 1811 | |
Homalocantha anatomica (common name: "Pele's Murex" or "Anatomical Murex") is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Taxonomy
- Subspecies Homalocantha anatomica anatomica Perry, 1811
- Subspecies Homalocantha anatomica elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009 : synonym of Homalocantha elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2009
- Subspecies Homalocantha anatomica pele H. A. Pilsbry, 1921
- Variety Homalocantha anatomica var. zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960 : synonym of Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960)
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and throughout the Indo-Western Pacific, from Japan, Philippines and Fiji to the Hawaiian Islands. [3][4][5]
Description
Adult shell size of Homalocantha anatomica varies between 38 mm and 63 mm. [3] These shells are solid, whitish in color, sometimes tinted with yellow or red and moderately light in weight, with five to six varices per whorl. Aperture is small and white or pink. Labial lip shows irregular denticles. Columella is smooth and siphonal canal is moderately long. [4]
Biology
These sea snails feed primarily on boring mussels in reef rocks.
References
- 1 2 Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
- 1 2 California Malacozoological Society - Northern California Malacozoological Club The Veliger /1967-1968), Vol. 10, pg. 128
- ↑ Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base
External links
Bibliography
- A.G. Hinton - Guide to Shells of Papua New Guinea
- Abbott and Dance (1982). "Compendium of Seashells"
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
- F. Springsteen and F. M. Leobrera - Shells of the Philippines
- George E. Radwin - Murex Shells of the World - An Illustrated Guide to the Muricidae
- Hirofumi Kubo and Taiji Kurozumi - Molluscs of Okinawa
- Severns, M. (2000). "Hawaiian Seashells"