Muricinae
Poirieria zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genera
See text.

Muricinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the large family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.

This subfamily contains the true Murex, and many other closely related genera.

[edit] Genera

Genera within the subfamily Muricinae include:

• Attiliosa
• Aspella
• Calotrophon
• Chicomurex
• Chicoreus
• Dermomurex
• Haustellum
• Hexaplex
• Ingensia
• Murex
• Naquetia
• Phyllocoma
• Poirieria
• Pterymarchia
• Pterynotus
• Xymene

[edit] References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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