Muricanthus
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| Muricanthus | |
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| 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] | |
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Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
The name Muricanthus was previously considered a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810[3]
