Concholepas

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Concholepas
Concholepas concholepas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Concholepas
Species

See text.

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

[edit] Species in the genus Concholepas

  • Concholepas bezoar
  • Concholepas bulboza
  • Concholepas concholepas - Loco
  • Concholepas kieneri
  • concholepas peruviana
  • concholepas peruvianus

[edit] Life habits

These animals are predatory, like almost all the muricids.