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Homalocantha lamberti

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Homalocantha lamberti
Shell of Homalocantha lamberti (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species:
H. lamberti
Binomial name
Homalocantha lamberti
(Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms[1]

Murex lamberti Poirier, 1883

Homalocantha lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, also called the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  • Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13–128, sér. série 2