Homalocantha oxyacantha

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Homalocantha oxyacantha
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Shell of Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833), measuring 49.4 mm in length, with operculum collected alive on beach at low tide at Fort Kobbe, in Panama.
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Muricoidea
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H. oxyacantha
Binomial name
Homalocantha oxyacantha
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Murex oxyacantha Broderip, 1833
Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918

Homalocantha oxyacantha 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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