Rhizochilus
| Rhizochilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850 |
Rhizochilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Rhizochilus include:
- Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
- Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby:[2] synonym of Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
- Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)
- Rhizochilus squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876 : synonym of Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
- Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953 : synonym of Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
References
- ↑ Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850. 3 February 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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