Concholepas

Concholepas
Two live individuals of Concholepas concholepas, the one on the left has been turned over to show the under surface of the large muscular foot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Concholepas Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms[1]
Conchopatella Herrmannsen, 1847 Conchulus Rafinesque, 1815

Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.^[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Concholepas include:

• Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)

Synonyms

• Concholepas (Coralliobia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Coralliobia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
• Concholepas (Coralliobia) fimbriata A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1853)
• Concholepas cuvieri Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas decipiens Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas densestriatus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas granosus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas imbricatus Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas laevigatus Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas minor Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas oblongus Reeve, 1863: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas patagonicus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas rhombicus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas similis Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas splendens Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas verucundus Mabille, 1886: synonym of Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)

Life habits[]

These animals are predatory, like almost all the muricids.

References[]

• Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102

External links[]

• Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp
• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)
• Mabille, J. (1886). Étude monographique du genre Concholepas. Annales de Malacologie, 2 (3): 261-282, pl. 3-5. Paris

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