Muricopsis

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Muricopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Family: Muricidae Genus: Muricopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882
Species
See text.

Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

[edit] Species within the genus Muricopsis

• Muricopsis caribbaea (Bartsch and Rehder, 1939)
• Muricopsis espinosus mariae (Finlay, 1930)
• Muricopsis mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis matildae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis oxytata (M. Smith, 1938) - hexagonal murex
• Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833) - octogon murex
• Muricopsis principensis Rolan & Fernandes, l991

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[edit] References

• Muricopsis (TSN 73404). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8