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Murex Snails

Muricidae Rafinesque 1815

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Muricidae Rafinesque 1815
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dicathais Iredale 1936
Muricidae
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Alternative Names

? abjecta Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? aculeata Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? acuticosta Conrad, 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? adelosus Vokes, 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? alaquaensis Mansfield, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? alatus Sowerby, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? albionis Wrigley, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? alternata Lea, 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? alveolatus Sowerby, 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? amblyceras Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angelus Aldrich, 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? aquitanicus Grateloup, 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? asperulus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? auversiensus Deshayes, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? basedowi Cossmann, 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? biconica Dall, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bifida Vermeij, 2001
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bistriatus Gumbel, 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bonaccorsii Carrington & Kensley, 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brevicaudatus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? burnsii Aldrich, 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cancellatus Lamarck, 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? capito Philippi, 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? carvalhoi Cox, 1936
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cercadicus Maury, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cheilotoma Hörnes & Auinger, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? chesapeakeanus Martin, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? clarksvillensis Mansfield, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? colei Palmer, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? collatus Guppy, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? compactus Gabb, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? concerptus Bellardi, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? conradi Dall, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? conradi Mansfield, 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cornurectus Guppy, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassilabiatus Hilber, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassilabrum Sowerby, 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? credneri Hõrnes & Auinger, 1885
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crispangula Heilprin, 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crispus Lamarck, 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cruziana Olsson, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cumberlandiana Gabb, 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? curtansata Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? curvicosta Grateloup, 1840
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? curvirostratus Conrad, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dalli Brown & Pilsbry, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dennanti Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? denudatus Deshayes, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? deshayesii Nyst, 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? disjunctus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? domingensis Sowerby, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dominicensis Gabb, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dujardinoides Vokes, 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ecclesiastica Dall, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? eldridgei Arnold, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? emmae Boettger, 1901
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? evaricosus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? exilis Parsch, 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? eyrei Tenison Woods, 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? foliaceus Deshayes, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? folidodes Gardner, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? frondosa Lamarck, 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fusinoides Gardner, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gardnerae Dall, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gilletti Richards, 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gilli Maury, 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? graceae McGinty, 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gracilis Conrad, 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gracilius Wood, 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? graniformis Harris, 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hamiltonensis Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? harpula Sowerby, 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? heilprini Cossmann, 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? heptagonatus Bronn, 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hutchinsoni Jung, 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ighinae Bellardi, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? incrassata Sowerby, 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? infrequens Vokes, 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? jani Doderlein, 1862
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? kroteri Möller, 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laccopoia Gardner, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laciniatus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laevis Martin, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lagunitensis Woods, 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? larvaecosta Heilprin, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lassaignei Basterot, 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? legrandi Johnston, 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lepidotus Vokes, 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? linguiferus Dall, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lophaessus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lychnia Gardner, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? magellanicus Chemnitz, 1788
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? marksi Harris, 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? matthewsensis Aldrich, 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mengeana Dall, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? micropterus Deshayes, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mirabilis Möricke, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? neritoideus Lamarck, 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? noae Lamarck, 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? obesus Gabb, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? octagonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pamlico Wilson, 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? parisiensis d'Orbigny, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? patagonicus Sowerby, 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? paululus Wood, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pecki Emerson, 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? phagon Gardner, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? philippi Möricke, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? plessisi Lecointre, 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? polonica Pusch, 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? praecingulata Haughton, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? praepauxillus Maury, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? preangerensis Martin, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? propeposti Mansfield, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pungens Solander, 1766
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? quadricostatus Conrad, 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? recticanalis Weisbord, 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rudis Borson, 1821
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rufirupicolus Dall, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sabinola Palmer, 1960
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sacellum Chemntiz, 1788
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sawkinsi Mansfield, 1925
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? schencki Keen & Campbell, 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sexangula Dall, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sexdentatus Sowerby, 1823
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? shilohensis Heilprin, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? silvaticus Palmer, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? siphonifera Dall, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? spinulosus Deshayes, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? striata Eichwald, 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? striata Gabb, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? subanceps d'Orbigny, 1852
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? subcoronatus d'Orbigny, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? subcristatus d'Orbigny, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? suborbiculatus Dunker, 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? subrusticus d'Orbigny, 1852
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sula Olsson, 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? supernus Palmer, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? swainsoni Michelotti, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tampaensis Dall, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tetricus Conrad, 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? trochispira Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? umbrifer Conrad, 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? unicarinatus Deshayes, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vanuxemi Conrad, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vaughani Maury, 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? veatchi Maury, 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? velificus Tate, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? venezuelanus Hodson & Hodson, 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? weisbordi Palmer, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? werneri Toula, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? woodii Gabb, 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? yaquensis Maury, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? zelandica Hutton, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apsella
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Argenthina Herbert & del Rio 2005
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Atractodon Charlesworth 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Azumamorula Emerson 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Benthozystus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Calothrophon
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cathymorula Landau, Houart & Marques da Silva 2007
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chiroreus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Coralliophilidae Chenu 1859
Crassimurex Merle 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dicathais Iredale 1936
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Drupinia Dall 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eofavartia Merle 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Falsimuricopsis Merle 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gamurex Merle 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Globecphora Petuch 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hirotyphis Suter 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Indotyphis Keen 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Jopas F. C. Baker 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lauta Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre 2019
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Legrandi Dall 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lowenstamia Sohl 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lyropurpura Jousseaume 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Magilidae Thiele 1925
Miocenebra Vokes 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murichorda Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre 2019
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murotriton Gregorio 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neothias Iredale 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pazionotus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilsbrytyphis Woodring 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Poirieia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pursia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rapa Bruguière 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Semityphis K. Martin 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sohliina Özdikmen 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tenguella Arakawa 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Textiliomurex Merle 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thaididae Jousseaume 1888
Tribulus Sowerby 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Typhus Monfort 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Warenia Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick 2019
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

murex snails preferred
Sea Snail
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Sea Snails
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Arabic

مريقيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

骨螺科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Stekelhorens e.a. preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Stachelschnecken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

ארגמוניים preferred
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Hungarian

tüskéscsigák preferred
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Japanese

アッキガイ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Lithuanian

Mureksiniai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

бодликави морски болжави preferred
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Persian

حلزون‌های خاردار preferred
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Polish

Rozkolcowate preferred
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Russian

Иглянки preferred
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Slovak

Ostrankovité preferred
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Swedish

Purpursnäckor preferred
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Thai

วงศ์หอยหนาม preferred
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Ukrainian

Мурексові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

مريقيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

骨螺科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

骨螺科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Muricidae Rafinesque 1815

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae (this page)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae (this page)
32 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae (this page)
66 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.