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]
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| Four views of a shell of Homalocantha anatomica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Homalocantha |
| Species: | H. anatomica
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| Binomial name | |
| Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
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Taxonomy
edit- 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, 1918
- Variety Homalocantha anatomica var. zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960 : synonym of Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch, 1960)
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea and throughout the Indo-Western Pacific, from Japan, Philippines and Fiji to the Hawaiian Islands.[3][4][5]
Description
editAdult 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
editThese sea snails feed primarily on boring mussels in reef rocks.
References
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- ^ a b Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ a b "Homalocantha anatomica anatomica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b California Malacozoological Society - Northern California Malacozoological Club The Veliger /1967–1968), Vol. 10, p. 128
- ^ Galli C.: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
External links
editBibliography
edit- Jousseaume, F., 1888. Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 1: 165-223
- 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"
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
- Houart R., Gori S. & Rosado J. (2017). The Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) from Oman with the description of four new species. Novapex. 18(3): 41-69
