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

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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Homalocantha
Species:
H. secunda
Binomial name
Homalocantha secunda
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Murex secundus Lamarck, 1822

Description

edit

India

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp