''Promurex'' is a subgenus of predatory sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...

, the rock snails or murex snails.WoRMS
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Extant and extinct species

Species within this subgenus include: * ''

Murex antelmei ''Murex antelmei'' is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, comm ...

'' Viader, 1938 * ''

Murex protocrassus ''Murex protocrassus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known a ...

'' Houart, 1990 * ''Murex spinicosta'' Bronn 1831 † (extinct) Fossilworks
/ref> ''Murex spinicosta'' lived in the

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of Denmark and Germany, from 11.608 to 2.588 Ma.

References

Muricidae Gastropod subgenera {{Muricidae-stub