Muricopsinae | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricopsinae Radwin & d'Attilio, 1971 |
Genera | |
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Muricopsinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the large family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[1]
A study, released in September 2010, showed that the subfamily Muricopsinae is polyphyletic[2]