Muricanthus information

Muricanthus
	Muricanthus radix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Muricanthus; Swainson, 1840
Type species
	Murex radix Gmelin, 1791;
Synonyms
	Aaronia Verrill, 1950; Centronotus Swainson, 1833; Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840; Murex (Aaronia) A. H. Verrill, 1950; Murex (Centronotus) Swainson, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Centronotus Schneider, 1801 [Pisces]); Murex (Muricantha) P. Fischer, 1884 (unjustified emendation); Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 (original rank);

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]

^ Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 296.
^ ^a ^b Muricanthus Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.

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Muricanthus

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]
Aaronia Verrill, 1950 Centronotus Swainson, 1833 Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 Murex (Aaronia) A. H. Verrill, 1950 Murex (Centronotus) Swainson, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Centronotus Schneider, 1801 [Pisces]) Murex (Muricantha) P. Fischer, 1884 (unjustified emendation) Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)