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Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods".
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to biconic. The size of the shell varies in length between 5 mm and 85 mm. Its color is white or brown, covered with subdued shades of brown, orange, red or purple markings. The
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Houart, R. (2010). Muricopsinae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine
Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
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The genera in this subfamily are distributed worldwide, mainly in tropical and subtropical waters, at depths between 0 and 300 m.
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has in each row a three-dimensional rachidian tooth with a raised central cusp and two lateral teeth, as in the subfamily
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This subfamily has been delineated based on the characteristics of the operculum and the radula.
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is broadly oval to almost round and is of variable size. Contrary to the other
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Several genera that were recognized in the past have now become synonyms :
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A study, released in
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shows a variable number (four or more) of more or less prominent
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401:Rolandiella
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335:Mörch, 1852
315:Merle, 2002
270:Ocenebrinae
146:Subfamily:
769:Categories
506:References
455:Murexiella
449:Murexiella
445:Minnimurex
361:Muricopsis
311:Eofavartia
301:Bizetiella
190:sea snails
130:Muricoidea
106:Subclass:
100:Gastropoda
780:Muricidae
499:Vitularia
485:Risomurex
475:Paradoxon
421:Vitularia
371:Pazinotus
341:Maxwellia
259:Muricinae
255:operculum
207:Muricidae
197:gastropod
187:predatory
183:subfamily
180:taxonomic
140:Muricidae
76:Kingdom:
70:Eukaryota
661:BioLib:
612:Q6938519
606:Wikidata
558:20226866
465:Paradoxa
431:Xastilia
351:Murexsul
321:Favartia
236:aperture
232:fusiform
200:mollusks
167:See text
136:Family:
90:Mollusca
86:Phylum:
80:Animalia
66:Domain:
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479:Pradoxa
469:Pradoxa
381:Pradoxa
248:varices
160:Genera
116:Order:
96:Class:
752:395163
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677:269794
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284:Genera
266:radula
204:family
194:marine
747:WoRMS
729:61227
690:7NXVD
664:24604
244:whorl
228:shell
178:is a
40:shell
672:BOLD
554:PMID
253:The
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