Phyllocoma
| Phyllocoma | |
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| Phyllocoma speciosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Triton convolutus Broderip, 1833
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Phyllocoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Phyllocoma include
- Phyllocoma convoluta (Broderip, 1833)[2]
- Phyllocoma platyca Houart, 2001[3]
- Phyllocoma scalariformis (Broderip, 1833)[4]
- Phyllocoma speciosa (Angas, 1871)[5]
.Synonyms:
- Phyllocoma neglecta Habe & Kosuge, 1971: synonym of Dermomurex neglectus (Habe & Kosuge, 1971) (original combination)
- Phyllocoma sculptilis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Phrygiomurex sculptilis (Reeve, 1844)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri, 1881. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 November 2010.
- ^ Phyllocoma convoluta (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Phyllocoma platyca Houart, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Phyllocoma scalariformis (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Phyllocoma speciosa (Angas, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
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- Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. 100 pp., 2 pls.
- Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278
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