Phyllonotus
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| Phyllonotus | |
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| Apertural view of Phyllonotus pomum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Murex imperialis Swainson, W.A., 1833 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phyllonotus is a genus of medium to large sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.[1]
In 2011 Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus [2]
