rocksnail

English

Etymology

From rock +‎ snail.

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Noun

rocksnail (plural rocksnails)

  1. Any of various snails that live in rocky environments.
    • 2005, Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute:
      After rocksnails, stone crabs (Menipe spp.), black drums (Pogonias cromis), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and mud crabs (family Xanthidae) are the most destructive.
    • 2007, Blair Witherington, Florida's Seashells: A Beachcomber's Guide, page 33:
      Drills and rocksnails are in the murex family, Muricidae.
  2. Any of various snails of the genus Leptoxis.

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