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    Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or...
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    referred to as the Veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk in the family Muricidae. In Brazil, there is a very popular Afro-Brazilian divination game practiced...
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    of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. The shell of this Indo-Pacific species...
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    predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails. This species is known in the fossil...
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    the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails". The common name murex is still used for many species in the family Muricidae which were...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Muricidae, the rock snails. This species is widespread from Madagascar and Mascarene...
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    species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Stramonita haemastoma contains the following subspecies:...
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    is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex (Bolinus brandaris, Hexaplex...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This shell commonly called Blackberry...
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  • Eupleura pectinata (category Muricidae)
    pectinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Eupleura pectinata (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved...
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