Homalocantha melanamathos

Homalocantha melanamathos
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. melanamathos
Binomial name
Homalocantha melanamathos
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Homalocantha melanamathos f. chinii Biraghi, 1984
Murex melanamathos Gmelin, 1791
Purpura tuberosa Röding, 1798

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

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