Mexacanthina

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Mexacanthina

| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.28468 - Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

| image_caption = Mexacanthina angelica

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Muricoidea

| familia = Muricidae

| subfamilia = Ocenebrinae

| genus = Mexacanthina

| genus_authority = Marko & Vermeij, 1999{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

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Mexacanthina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|403858|Mexacanthina Marko & Vermeij, 1999||25 April 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Mexacanthina include:

  • Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918){{WRMS species|404502|Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918)||25 April 2010}}
  • Mexacanthina lugubris (Sowerby, 1821){{WRMS species|404505|Mexacanthina lugubris (Sowerby, 1821)||25 April 2010}}

References

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Category:Muricidae

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