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Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Muricacea · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)
suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.
- Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Concholepadidae Perrier, 1897 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
- Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 (currently considered a subfamily of the Muricidae)
- Subfamily Eburninae Swainson, 1840 accepted as Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
- Subfamily Latrunculinae Cossmann, 1901 accepted as Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
- Family Magilidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
- Family Nucellidae A. E. Salisbury, 1940 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
- Family Purpuridae Children, 1823 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853 (placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 886 with the requirement that it shall not be given precedence over Thaididae)
- Family Rapidae Kuroda, 1941 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
- Family Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
- Family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Typhinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted rank)
- Family Muricoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2025-05-08
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Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
