Muricidae
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Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the M
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A mass of muricid egg capsules in a tidepool in Central California
Numerous Hexaplex trunculus for sale in a fishmarket in Spain
Museum specimens of Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822), Naturalis
Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda is an order of aquatic snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Neogastropods and their close relatives, such as Tonnoidea and Cypraeoidea, form the clade Latrogastropoda.
Muricidae
…marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognized. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, although experts disagree about the subfamily divisions…
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Two neogastropods, Brunneifusus ternatanus (left) and Murex trapa (right) in captivity.