rocksnail

English

rock +‎ snail

rocksnail (plural rocksnails)

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.
Any of various snails of the genus Leptoxis.

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