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Promurex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Higher classification
  
Murex

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Muricidae

Rank
  
Subgenus

Promurex

Similar
  
Murex, Muricidae, Vokesimurex, Molluscs, Gastropods

Promurex is a subgenus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

Extant and extinct species

Species within this subgenus include:

  • Murex antelmei Viader, 1938
  • Murex protocrassus Houart, 1990
  • Murex spinicosta Bronn 1831 † (extinct)
  • Murex spinicosta lived in the Pliocene of Spain and Italy and in the Miocene of Denmark and Germany, from 11.608 to 2.588 Ma.

    References

    Promurex Wikipedia