Muricoidea 
AphiaID: 15138

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Superfamily
Parent		Neogastropoda
Synonymised taxa		Volutoidea
Source		basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]
Direct child taxa		Family Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971 Family Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860 Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865 Family Harpidae Bronn, 1849 Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 Family Mitridae Swainson, 1829 Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 Family Strepsiduridae Cossmann, 1901 Family Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835 Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 Family Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 Family Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853 Family Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835
Environment		marine
Link		To GenBank
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15138
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2009-08-14 07:25:27Z   changed   db_admin 2010-12-05 08:04:31Z   checked   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Muricoidea. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2013-05-24