Haustrinae | |
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shell of Haustrum haustorium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Haustrinae Tan, 2003 |
Genera | |
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Haustrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock shells.[1]
The genera in this family were previously grouped in a larger subfamily, the Ocenebrinae.