Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Muricoidea
Familia: Muricidae
Subfamilia: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Rhizochilus
Species: R. antipathum
Name
Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850
Rhizochilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Rhizochilus include:
Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
Species brought into synonymy
Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby:[2] synonym of Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)
Rhizochilus squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876 : synonym of Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953 : synonym of Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
References
Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850. 3 February 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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