Semiricinula

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Semiricinula
Semiricinula squamosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Semiricinula
Martens, 1903
Type species
Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832
Synonyms
  • Purpura (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879 (original rank)
  • Ricinula (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879
  • Thais (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879

Semiricinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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