''Concholepas'' is a

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s in the

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Muricidae, the rock shells.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Concholepas Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395240 on 2020-09-03

Species

Species within the genus ''Concholepas'' include: * ''

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'' ( 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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