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| Genus: | 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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