Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833
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 (Jodoigne) 22(1-2): 25-42 In: Novapex (Jodoigne). Société Belge de Malacologie: Bruxelles. ISSN 1375-7474, more | |
Keywords | Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810 [WoRMS]; Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal | Author keywords | Gastropoda, Muricidae, Muricanthus, review |
Authors | | Top | - Houart, R., more
- Wiedrick, S.G.
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Abstract | A systematic revision of species based on shell morphology and ontogeny is here proposed for some Hexaplex Perry, 1810, Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833 and all known Muricanthus Swainson, 1840. Modifications are indicated in the classification of Hexaplex and Phyllonotus. Five species are reassigned to Muricanthus: M. ambiguus (Reeve, 1845), M. callidinus Berry, 1958, M. nigritus (Philippi, 1845), M. radix (Gmelin, 1791) and the elusive M. strausi (A.H.Verrill, 1950). All these species are described, commented on and illustrated. More than twenty other taxa are here assigned or reassigned to Hexaplex s.s., Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. |
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