''Phyllocoma'' is a

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogas ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Phyllocoma'' include * '' Phyllocoma convoluta'' (Broderip, 1833) * '' Phyllocoma platyca'' Houart, 2001 * '' Phyllocoma scalariformis'' (Broderip, 1833) * '' Phyllocoma speciosa'' (Angas, 1871) .Synonyms: * ''Phyllocoma neglecta'' Habe & Kosuge, 1971: synonym of '' Dermomurex neglectus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1971) (original combination) * ''Phyllocoma sculptilis'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of '' Phrygiomurex sculptilis'' (Reeve, 1844)

References

External links

Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. 100 pp., 2 pls.

Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278
Muricidae {{Muricidae-stub