Haustrinae

Taxobox
name = Haustrinae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Neogastropoda
superfamilia = Muricoidea
familia = Muricidae
subfamilia = Haustrinae
subfamilia_authority = Tan, 2003
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

In one version of current gastropod taxonomy, Haustrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock shells.

According to another different version of the taxonomy, the genera in this family are grouped in a larger subfamily, the Ocenebrinae.

(Note: Gastropod taxonomy has been in flux for many years. This is especially true currently, because of new research in molecular phylogeny. Because of all of this on-going change, different reliable sources can yield very different classifications, especially within certain poorly understood groups. The Muricidae or murex snails is a very large family and a difficult family to make sense of taxonomically.)

Genera within the subfamily Haustrinae

* "Haustrum" Perry, 1811
* "Lepsiella" Iredale, 1912
* "Lepsithais" Finlay, 1928

References

* WikiSpecies