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