Concholepas

Concholepas
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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Concholepas Lamarck, 1801
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Conchopatella Herrmannsen, 1847 Conchulus Rafinesque, 1815

Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.

Species

Species within in the genus Concholepas include:

• Concholepas bezoar
• Concholepas bulboza
• Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
• Concholepas kieneri

Life habits

These animals are predatory, like almost all the muricids.

References

1. ^ P., Houart (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395240. Retrieved 23 March 2010. 

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