MSBIAS taxon details
Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Aspellinae Keen, 1971
- Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
- Subfamily Ergalataxinae Kuroda, T. Habe & Oyama, 1971
- Subfamily Haustrinae K. S. Tan, 2003
- Genus Bedeva Iredale, 1924
- Subfamily Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Bolinus Pusch, 1837
- Genus Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810
- Subfamily Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
- Genus Nipponotrophon Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
- Genus Nucella Röding, 1798
- Genus Ocenebra Leach, 1847
- Genus Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Ocinebrina Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Scabrotrophon J. H. McLean, 1996
- Genus Trophon Montfort, 1810
- Genus Urosalpinx W. Stimpson, 1865
- Genus Polytropa Swainson, 1840 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Pagodulinae Barco, Schiaparelli, Houart & Oliverio, 2012
- Subfamily Rapaninae Gray, 1853
- Subfamily Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971 accepted as Aspellinae Keen, 1971 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2025-09-13
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2025-09-13
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors
additional source Houart, R. (2018). Historique et classification des espèces actuelles de Muricidae (Neogastropoda, Muricoidea). <em>Novapex.</em> 19 (2): 37-66. [details]
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors
additional source Houart, R. (2018). Historique et classification des espèces actuelles de Muricidae (Neogastropoda, Muricoidea). <em>Novapex.</em> 19 (2): 37-66. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality