Haustrinae
Subfamily of gastropods
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Haustrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock shells.[1]
| Haustrinae | |
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| shell of Haustrum haustorium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Haustrinae Tan, 2003 |
| Genera | |
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The genera in this family were previously grouped in a larger subfamily, the Ocenebrinae.
