Muricanthus

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

Muricanthus
Muricanthus radix
Scientific classification
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

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):^[4] synonym of Chicoreus varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
• Muricanthus virgineus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)

References

1. Swainson W. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
2. 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.

External links

• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.
• Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts