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| Genus: | Muracypraea Woodring, 1957 |
Muracypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
Species within the genus Muracypraea include: [1]
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Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails".
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