Muricopsinae
| 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 |
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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.
A study, released in September 2010, showed that the subfamily Muricopsinae is polyphyletic