Haustrinae

Haustrinae
shell of Haustrum haustorium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade 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.

The genera in this family were previously grouped in a larger subfamily, the Ocenebrinae.

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Haustrinae include:

References

  1. Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2009). Bedeva Iredale, 1924. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181031 on 2010-05-15
  2. Houart, R. (2009). Haustrum Perry, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395160 on 2010-05-15

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