Muricanthus

Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The name Muricanthus was previously considered a synonym of Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810

Species
Species within the genus Muricanthus :
 * Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
 * Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958
 * Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845)
 * Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Muricanthus strausi (A. H. Verrill, 1950)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) : synonym of Hexaplex kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
 * Muricanthus princeps (Broderip, 1833) : synonym of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833)
 * Muricanthus trippae Petuch, 1991 : synonym of Hexaplex fulvescens (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
 * Muricanthus varius (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) : synonym of Chicoreus varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
 * Muricanthus virgineus (Röding, 1798) : synonym of Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)