{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Homalocantha zamboi shell.jpg |image_caption = a shell of ''Homalocantha zamboi'' |taxon = Homalocantha |authority = Mörch, 1852<ref>Mörch O. A. L. (1852). ''Cat. Conch. Yoldi'' '''1''': 95.</ref> |synonyms = |type_species = ''Murex scorpio'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Homalocantha''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|204909|''Homalocantha'' Mörch, 1852||22 December 2010}}</ref>
The placement of this genus in the subfamily Muricopsinae is doubtful, but the radula characters make it belong definitely in the family Muricidae.<ref name="WoRMS" /> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Homalocantha'' include: * ''Homalocantha anatomica'' (Perry, 1811)<ref>{{WRMS species|217162|''Homalocantha anatomica'' (Perry, 1811)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha anomaliae'' <small>Kosuge, 1979</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406190|''Homalocantha anomaliae'' Kosuge, 1979||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha digitata'' <small>(Sowerby II, 1841)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217161|''Homalocantha digitata'' (Sowerby, 1841)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha dondani'' <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406183|''Homalocantha dondani'' D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha dovpeledi'' <small>Houart, 1982</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217164|''Homalocantha dovpeledi'' Houart, 1982||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha elatensis'' <small>Heiman & Mienis, 2009</small><ref>{{WRMS species|459503|''Homalocantha elatensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2009||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha granpoderi'' <small>Merle & Garrigues, 2011</small> * ''Homalocantha lamberti'' (Poirier, 1883)<ref>{{WRMS species|406184|''Homalocantha lamberti'' (Poirier, 1883)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha melanamathos'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|224943|''Homalocantha melanamathos'' (Gmelin, 1791)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha ninae'' <small>Merle & Garrigues, 2011</small> * ''Homalocantha nivea'' <small>Granpoder & Garrigues, 2014</small> * ''Homalocantha oxyacantha'' <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406185|''Homalocantha oxyacantha'' (Broderip, 1833)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha pele'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1918)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406186|''Homalocantha pele'' (Pilsbry, 1918)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha pisori'' <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406187|''Homalocantha pisori'' D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha scorpio'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217159|''Homalocantha scorpio'' (Linnaeus, 1758)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha secunda'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|345713|''Homalocantha secunda'' (Lamarck, 1822)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha tortua'' <small>(Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406188|''Homalocantha tortua'' (Broderip in Sowerby, 1834)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha vicdani'' <small>D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989</small><ref>{{WRMS species|406189|''Homalocantha vicdani'' D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1989||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Homalocantha zamboi'' <small>(Burch & Burch, 1960)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217163|''Homalocantha zamboi'' (Burch & Burch, 1960)||25 April 2010}}</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Homalocantha echiniformis'' <small>Shikama, 1978</small>: synonym of ''Favartia balteata'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small> (synonym) * ''Homalocantha fauroti'' <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>: synonym of ''Homalocantha anatomica'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small> * ''Homalocantha rota'' <small>(Mawe, 1823)</small>: synonym of ''Homalocantha anatomica'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2011) Description of four new species of Muricidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Philippines and the Caribbean area. Zoosystema 33(4): 557-575
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. 76: p]
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Category:Homalocantha Category:Muricopsinae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
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