Muricopsis

Muricopsis
Apertural view the shell of Muricopsis necocheana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Type species
Murex blainvillii Payraudeau, 1826
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Murex (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 (original rank)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) Olsson & McGinty, 1958· accepted, alternate representation
  • Risomurex Olsson & McGinty, 1958

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

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