Calcitrapessa

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Calcitrapessa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Calcitrapessa
Berry, 1959
Type species
Murex (Chicoreus) leeanus Dall, 1890
Synonyms[1]
  • Pteropurpura (Calcitrapessa) Berry, 1959

Calcitrapessa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.[1]

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