Homalocantha Mörch 1852 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative spelling: Murex (Homalocantha)

Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007

See also Dey 1961, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys

Subtaxa: Homalocantha heptagonata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene of France (2), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Poland (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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