Homalocantha secunda

Homalocantha secunda
Shell of Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822), with operculum, 40.2 mm in length, by scuba diver at 100 ft., off Rameswaram, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species: H. secunda
Binomial name
Homalocantha secunda
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Murex secunda Lamarck, 1822

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

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