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Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 148

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Muricoidea
Sources		basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch purperslakken  [details] Dutch stekelhorens  [details] Swedish purpursnäckor  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859    » Genus Babelomurex Coen, 1922 » Genus Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 » Genus Latiaxis Swainson, 1840 Subfamily Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971    » Genus Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 » Genus Orania Pallary, 1900 Subfamily Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815    » Genus Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890 » Genus Murex Linnaeus, 1758 » Genus Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 » Genus Paziella Jousseaume, 1880 » Genus Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880 » Genus Ponderia Houart, 1986 » Genus Pterynotus Swainson, 1833 » Genus Siratus Jousseaume, 1880 » Genus Timbellus de Gregorio, 1885 » Genus Bouchetia Houart & Héros, 2008 accepted as Paziella (Bouchetia) Houart & Héros, 2008 Subfamily Muricopsinae Radwin & d'Attilio, 1971    » Genus Pazinotus E. H. Vokes, 1970 Subfamily Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903    » Genus Eupleura H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 » Genus Ocinebrina Jousseaume, 1880 Subfamily Pagodulinae Barco, Schiaparelli, Houart & Oliverio, 2012    » Genus Pagodula Monterosato, 1884 » Genus Trophonella Harasewych & Pastorino, 2010 » Genus Trophonopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 Subfamily Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903    » Genus Abyssotrophon Egorov, 1993 » Genus Boreotrophon P. Fischer, 1884 » Genus Conchatalos Houart, 1995 » Genus Coronium Simone, 1996 » Genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 » Genus Leptotrophon Houart, 1995 » Genus Nipponotrophon Kuroda & Habe, 1971 » Genus Scabrotrophon McLean, 1996 » Genus Trophon Montfort, 1810 » Genus Apixystus Iredale, 1929 accepted as Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 Subfamily Typhinae Cossmann, 1903    » Genus Laevityphis Cossmann, 1903 » Genus Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880 » Genus Typhis Montfort, 1810
Environment		marine
Distribution		World Oceans [details]
Links		To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2009-05-24 14:05:01Z   changed   Houart, Roland 2010-01-27 19:11:38Z   changed   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Muricidae. Accessed through: Glover, A.G., Higgs, N., Horton, T. (2013) World Register of Deep-Sea species at http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2013-06-19