Rhizochilus

Genus of gastropods

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

  1. ^ Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850. 3 February 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
Rhizochilus


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