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Genus: | Maxwellia Baily, 1950
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Murex gemma Sowerby, 1879 |
Maxwellia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The genus was named after Maxwell Smith (1888-1961), an American malacologist.