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Murex Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Murex Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Aranea
Genus recognized by Global Biotic Interactions
Murex
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Haiti Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Kuwait Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Nigeria Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saudi Arabia Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tonga Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Yemen Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia MS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, Femorale, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Shelled animal body mass, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Murex
Recognized by CalPhotos, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Flickr Group, and Flickr BHL
Murex Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage
Murex Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by GBIF national node type records France and GBIF national node type records Germany
Murex subgen. Murex
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Alternative Names

Acupurpura Jousseaume 1880
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Aranea Perry 1810
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Muricites Schlotheim 1820
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Tubicauda Jousseaume 1880
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Aranea aculeata Perry 1811
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aranea fasciata Perry 1811
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aranea tentacula Perry 1811
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Clavilithes noae (Holten 1802)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Clavilithes Swainson, 1840)
Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Murex aduncospinosus G.B.Sowerby II, 1841)
Murex alatus Gmelin 1791
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex antiqvus Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex bicinctus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex buccinatus Voigt 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex calliope Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex catophractus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex chiara Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex contiguus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex crenatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex dimidiatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex distortus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex dobare Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex doliolum Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex foliatus Lesson 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex harpula Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex heptagonus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex horridus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex imbricatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex interruptus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex intortus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex ligniarius Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex mantelli Conrad 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex monile Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex obtusangulus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex occa Sowerby
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Murex occa G.B.Sowerby II, 1834)
Murex pumilus Broderip 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex savignyus Delle Chiaje 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex septemnarius Conrad 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex sexcostatus Lamarck 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex spec Conrad 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Murex spec Linnaeus, 1758)
Murex spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex squamulatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex subalatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex textile Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex torulosum Linnaeus 1767
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex tricinctus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex trigonularis Lamarck 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex tuberculatus Linnaeus 1767
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex tubifer Lamarck 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex turbinatus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex turricula Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Murex varicosus Brocchi 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aranea
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions
Murex
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF national node type records France, Bahrain Species List, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

Arabic

مريق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Мурекс preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

细刺骨螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

ארגמון preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

muireachaoin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アクキガイ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Мурекс preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ligurian

Runseggiu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

صدف فرفری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scottish Gaelic

Murag preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

முரெக்சு preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Мурекс preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

مريق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

刍秣螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

刍秣螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Murex Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Neogastropoda Wenz 1938
Muricoidea Rafinesque 1815
Muricidae Rafinesque 1815
Muricinae Rafinesque 1815
Murex Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex buccinatus Voigt 1834
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex domingensis G. B. Sowerby I 1850
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex kerslakae Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex pecten Lightfoot 1786
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex pumilus Broderip 1833
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex sexcostatus Lamarck 1816
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex spectabilis Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex textilis Gabb 1873
Murex torulosum Linnaeus 1767
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex trigonularis Lamarck 1822
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868
Murex tuberculatus Linnaeus 1767
Bolinus Pusch 1837
Bouchetia Houart & Héros 2008
Calotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong 1951
Chicomurex Arakawa 1964
Chicoreus Montfort 1810
Crassimurex Merle 1990
Flexopteron Shuto 1969
Haustellum Schumacher 1817
Hexaplex Perry 1810
Naquetia Jousseaume 1880
Paziella Jousseaume 1880
Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri 1881
Phyllonotus Swainson 1833
Ponderia Houart 1986
Prototyphis Ponder 1972
Pseudoperissolax B. L. Clark 1918
Pterochelus Jousseaume 1880
Pterynotus Swainson 1833
Purpurellus Jousseaume 1880
Siratus Jousseaume 1880
Timbellus de Gregorio 1885
Vokesimurex Petuch 1994

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda L. R. Cox 1960
Neogastropoda Wenz 1938
Muricoidea Rafinesque 1815
Muricidae Rafinesque 1815
Muricinae Rafinesque 1815
Murex Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bolinus Pusch 1837
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex altispira Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex guppyi Ladd 1977
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex kerslakae Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex Linnaeus 1758
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex nasongoensis Ladd 1977
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex pecten
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex spectabilis Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868
Bolinus Pusch 1837
Bouchetia Houart & Héros 2008
Calotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong 1951
Chicomurex Arakawa 1964
Chicoreus Montfort 1810
Crassimurex Merle 1990
Exquisitor Merle, Garrigues & Pointier 2022
Flexopteron Shuto 1969
Gamurex Merle 2011
Haustellum Schumacher 1817
Hexaplex Perry 1810
Muricanthus Swainson 1840
Naquetia Jousseaume 1880
Paziella Jousseaume 1880
Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri 1881
Phyllonotus Swainson 1833
Ponderia Houart 1986
Prototyphis Ponder 1972
Pseudoperissolax B. L. Clark 1918
Pterochelus Jousseaume 1880
Pterynotus Swainson 1833
Purpurellus Jousseaume 1880
Siratus Jousseaume 1880
Textiliomurex Merle 2011
Timbellus De Gregorio 1885
Vokesimurex Petuch 1994

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda L. R. Cox 1960
Neogastropoda Wenz 1938
Muricoidea Rafinesque 1815
Muricidae Rafinesque 1815
Muricinae Rafinesque 1815
Murex Linnaeus 1758
Murex Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Promurex
Bolinus Pusch 1837
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex altispira Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex guppyi Ladd 1977
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex kerslakae Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex nasongoensis Ladd 1977
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex pecten
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex spectabilis Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae
Murex (this page)
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex kerslakae Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex pecten Lightfoot 1786
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex spectabilis Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex textilis Gabb 1873
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868
Acanthinucella
Acanthotrophon
Actinotrophon
Africanella
Afritrophon
Agnewia
Aspella
Austrotrophon
Bedeva
Bedevina
Boreotrophon
Califostoma
Calotrophon
Chicocenebra
Chorus
Comptella
Coronium
Cymia
Daphnellopsis
Dermomurex
Dicathais
Distichotyphis
Drupella
Drupina
Edithais
Enatimene
Ergalatax
Favartia
Flexopteron
Forreria
Fuegotrophon
Genkaimurex
Hadriania
Haustellum
Hirtotyphis
Homalocantha
Inermicosta
Jaton
Laevityphis
Lenitrophon
Leptoconchus
Maxwellia
Minortrophon
Morula
Muregina
Murexsul
Muricopsis
Neothais
Nodulotrophon
Nucella
Ocinebrellus
Oppomorus
Orania
Paratrophon
Pascula
Pazinotus
Phrygiomurex
Poirieria
Pterochelus
Pteropurpura
Pterorytis
Pterotyphis
Pterynopsis
Pterynotus
Purpura
Pygmaepterys
Rapana
Rhizochilus
Rolandiella
Roperia
Scabrotrophon
Semiricinula
Siphonochelus
Siratus
Stramonita
Subpterynotus
Tenguella
Terefundus
Thais
Tripterotyphis
Tromina
Trophon
Trophonella
Trophonopsis
Tylothais
Typhinellus
Typhisopsis
Urosalpinx
Usilla
Uttleya
Vesanula
Vitularia
Vokesimurex
Xanthochorus
Xastilia
Xenotrophon
Xymene
Xymenella
Xymenopsis
Zeatrophon
88 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae
Murex Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Fusus gilli (Maury 1910)
Murex absonus De Cristofori & Jan 1832
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex aldrichi Gardner
Murex aliornatus Magne 1940
Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex anatomica
Murex angulatus Meyer
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex asteriscus (Tate 1888)
Murex athenasi Vasseur 1882
Murex balteatus Sowerby
Murex batavianus (Mart.)
Murex baudoni Morlet 1888
Murex belcheri Broderip
Murex berti Meunier 1880
Murex bifrons Tate 1888
Murex bisotensis Cossmann 1903
Murex bizonatus Wolff 1897
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex buxtorfi Martin 1914
Murex camplytropis (Tate 1888)
Murex cancellaroides Meyer
Murex carbaseus Melvill & Standen
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex carpenteri
Murex chipolanus Dall
Murex chrysostomus Sowerby
Murex cingulatus Lamarck 1803
Murex clathratus Lamarck 1803
Murex colubrinus Lamarck 1803
Murex compsorhytis Gabb
Murex concinna Nomland 1917
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex conspicuus Braun 1863
Murex contabulatus Lamarck 1803
Murex contemptus Schepman 1907
Murex coosensis Turner 1938
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex cortazari Cossmann 1906
Murex cotteaui Meunier 1880
Murex cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
Murex crassilabrum Gray
Murex crinaceoides
Murex crowfootii Wood 1879
Murex dalli Clark 1915
Murex davisi
Murex deningeri Martin 1914
Murex depontaillieri Cossmann 1903
Murex didymus Tate 1888
Murex digitatus Sowerby
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex dormani Vokes
Murex dubius Sowerby 1834
Murex dubuissoni Vasseur 1882
Murex dyscritus Cossmann 1889
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex eidelstedtensis Hinsch 1977
Murex ejectus (Mart.)
Murex elatospira Cossmann & Peyrot 1924
Murex elegans Wood
Murex elegantissimus Aldrich
Murex eymari Cuvillier 1935
Murex falcatus Sowerby
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex fasciatus Sowerby
Murex fluctuosus Forbes 1846
Murex formosus Sowerby
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex fusates
Murex gaudryi Fischer & Tournouër 1873
Murex gouetensis Cossmann 1919
Murex grooti Jenkins 1864
Murex guppyi Ladd
Murex haudmuticus Cossmann & Peyrot 1924
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex inermis Sowerby
Murex intermedius C. B. Ads.
Murex isotomus Adams 1851
Murex jamrachi von Martens 1861
Murex junghuhni Martin 1879
Murex karangensis Martin 1895
Murex kerslakae Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex laciniatus Sowerby
Murex lindajoyceae Petuch
Murex lita Gardner
Murex mansfieldi Gardner
Murex manubriatus Tate 1888
Murex margaritae Cossmann & Lambert 1884
Murex megacerus Sowerby
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex merangianus Martin 1921
Murex messorius Sowerby 1834
Murex meunieri Cossmann & Lambert 1884
Murex micromeris Dall
Murex mindanensis Sowerby
Murex minutus (Johnston 1879)
Murex mississippiensis Dall 1915
Murex mitriformis Sowerby
Murex namneticus Vasseur 1882
Murex nashi Dickerson 1916
Murex nicholsi Gardner 1947
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex nodularius Lamarck 1803
Murex nux Reeve
Murex obtusicosta Sandberger 1863
Murex obtusus Sowerby 1894
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex octonarius
Murex ogormani Cossmann 1923
Murex pachystirus (Tate 1888)
Murex packardi Clark 1915
Murex paradoxicus Jenkins 1864
Murex partschi
Murex pauperculus C. B. Ads.
Murex pecten Lightfoot 1786
Murex pentodon Fischer & Tournouër 1873
Murex perangulatus Nomland 1916
Murex peroni Locard 1889
Murex perplexus Fischer & Tournouër 1873
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex pinchinati
Murex pondicherriensis Forbes 1846
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex pseudonystii Wood 1879
Murex pulcher Verrill
Murex pumilis A. Adams
Murex puruensis Martin 1914
Murex pyknos Gardner
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex rectirostris Sowerby
Murex reedi Wood 1877
Murex reticulosus Lamarck 1803
Murex rhombicus Meunier 1880
Murex rhysus Tate 1888
Murex riparius Vokes
Murex roseotinctus Sowerby
Murex rostratus Solander 1766
Murex rota Sowerby
Murex ruginosus White
Murex rutteni Beets 1950
Murex salomensis Parth
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex sandersoni Cox 1930
Murex saplisi Mac Neil
Murex sarroniensis Carez 1879
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex scorpionius Olsson 1930
Murex selbyensis Clark 1915
Murex simplex Aldrich
Murex sobrantensis Clark 1918
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex sondeianus Martin 1895
Murex spectabilis Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex striatulus Lamarck 1803
Murex subomblongus
Murex subtorularius Hörnes & Auinger 1885
Murex subvitulinus d'Orbigny 1852
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex talahabensis Martin 1895
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex tethys Nomland 1917
Murex textiliosus Lamarck 1803
Murex textilis Gabb 1873
Murex thomasi Locard 1889
Murex toreia (Maury 1925)
Murex torturosus Sowerby 1823
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex trialatus Sby
Murex triangularis Jung
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex trinchinopolitensis Forbes 1846
Murex trinodosus Tate 1888
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868
Murex tubifer Bruguière 1792
Murex viperinus Lamarck 1803
Murex wadiai Cox 1930
Murex wanneri Martin 1916
Acanthais Vermeij & Kool 1994
Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Acanthinucella A. H. Cooke 1918
Acanthotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong 1951
Agnewia Tenison Woods 1878
Aspella Mörch 1877
Attiliosa Emerson 1958
Austrotrophon Dall 1902
Babelomurex Coen 1922
Boreotrophon P. Fischer 1884
Calotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong 1951
Ceratostoma Herrmannsen 1846
Chicomurex Arakawa 1964
Chicoreus Montfort 1810
Comptella Finlay 1926
Concholepas Lamarck 1801
Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Coronium Simone 1996
Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Cymia Mörch 1860
Cytharomorula Kuroda 1953
Daphnellopsis Schepman 1913
Dermomurex Monterosato 1890
Drupella Thiele 1925
Drupina Dall 1923
Ecphora Conrad 1843
Emozamia Iredale 1929
Ergalatax Iredale 1931
Eupleura H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Favartia Jousseaume 1880
Forreria Jousseaume 1880
Hadriania Bucquoy & Dautzenberg 1882
Haustellum Schumacher 1817
Haustrum Perry 1811
Hexaplex Perry 1810
Lataxiena Jousseaume 1883
Latiaxis Swainson 1840
Lenitrophon Finlay 1926
Lindapterys Petuch 1987
Maculotriton Dall 1904
Magilus Montfort 1810
Maxwellia Baill.
Mipus de Gregorio 1885
Monstrotyphis Habe 1961
Morula Schumacher 1817
Murexsul Iredale 1915
Muricanthus Swainson 1840
Muricodrupa Iredale 1918
Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg 1882
Neorapana A. H. Cooke 1918
Neothais Iredale 1912
Nipponotrophon Kuroda & Habe 1971
Nodulotrophon Habe & Ito 1965
Nucella Röding 1798
Ocenebra Gray 1847
Ocenotrophon Mc Lean 1995
Ocinebrina Jousseaume 1880
Orania Pallary 1900
Paciocinebrina Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick 2019
Pagodula Monterosato 1884
Paratrophon Finlay 1926
Pascula Dall 1908
Paziella Jousseaume 1880
Phrygiomurex Dall 1904
Phycothais Tan 2003
Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri 1880
Phyllonotus Swainson 1833
Pinaxia H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Plicopurpura Cossmann 1903
Poirieria Jousseaume 1880
Prototyphis Ponder 1972
Pterochelus Jousseaume 1880
Pteropurpura Jousseaume 1880
Pterotyphis Jousseaume 1880
Pterynotus Swainson 1833
Rapana Schumacher 1817
Reishia Kuroda & Habe 1971
Rhizochilus Steenstrup 1850
Roperia Dall 1898
Scabrotrophon Mc Lean 1996
Semiricinula Martens 1904
Siphonochelus Jousseaume 1880
Siratus Jousseaume 1880
Spinidrupa Habe & Kosuge 1966
Stramonita Schumacher 1817
Taurasia Bellardi 1882
Terefundus Finlay 1926
Thais Röding 1798
Trachypollia Woodring 1928
Tritonopsis Conrad 1865
Trophon Montfort 1810
Trophonopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
Typhinellus Jousseaume 1880
Typhis Montfort 1810
Urosalpinx Stimpson 1865
Usilla H. Adams 1861
Uttleya Marwick 1934
Vexilla Swainson 1840
Xymene Iredale 1915
Xymenella Finlay 1926
122 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Peogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea Rafinesque 1815
Muricidae Rafinesque 1815
Murex Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Murex beauii Fischer & Bernardi 1857
Murex cellulosa Conrad 1846
Murex ciboney Clench & Farfante 1945
Murex formosus Sowerby 1841
Murex fulvescens Sowerby 1834
Murex glyptus (M. Smith 1938)
Murex hidalgoi Crosse 1869
Murex leviculus (Dall 1889)
Murex recurvirostris Broderip 1833
Acanthina Fischer de Waldheim 1807
Acanthotrophon Hertlein & Strong 1951
Aspella Morch 1877
Attiliosa Emerson 1968
Austrotrophon Dall 1902
Babelomurex Coen 1922
Boreotrophon Fischer 1884
Calotrophon Hertlien & Strong 1951
Ceratostoma Herrmannsen 1846
Chicomurex Arakawa 1964
Chicoreus Montfort 1810
Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Dermomurex di Monterosato 1890
Drupa Röding 1798
Drupinia Dall 1923
Eupleura H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Favartia Jousseaume 1880
Forreria Jousseaume 1880
Haustellum Schumacher 1817
Hexaplex Perry 1811
Maxwellia Bailey 1950
Morula Schumacher 1817
Murexiella Clench & Perez Farfante 1945
Murexsul Iredale 1915
Muricopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
Nipponotrophon
Nodulotrophon
Nucella Roding 1798
Ocenebra Gray 1847
Ocenotrophon McLean 1995
Ocinebrina Jousseaume 1880
Paziella
Pazionotus
Plicopurpura Cossmann 1903
Poirieria Jousseaume 1880
Pterochelus
Pteropurpura Jousseaume 1880
Pterotyphis Jousseaume 1881
Pterynotus Swainson 1833
Purpura
Quoyula Iredale 1912
Roperia Dall 1898
Scabrotrophon McLean 1996
Stramonita Schumacher 1817
Thais Roding 1798
Trachypollia Woodring 1928
Trophon Montfort 1810
Trophonopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
Typhinellus Jousseaume 1880
Typhis Montfort 1810
Urosalpinx Stimpson 1865

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Xymenella
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Murex (this page)
Murex acanthostephes
Murex adamsii
Murex aduncospinosus
Murex aedonius
Murex africanus
Murex altispira
Murex alucaster
Murex amplustre
Murex angustus
Murex ansatus
Murex antelmei
Murex asper
Murex attenuatus
Murex balkeanus
Murex bandarius
Murex bandatus
Murex beauii
Murex benoiti
Murex bicarinatus
Murex bicristatus
Murex bipinnatus
Murex brandariformis
Murex brevispina
Murex brunneus
Murex buccinatus
Murex bufonia
Murex buxeus
Murex candidus
Murex carbonnieri
Murex cariniferus
Murex caudatus
Murex cellulosa
Murex ciboney
Murex cinguliferus
Murex citrinus
Murex clausii
Murex columbarium
Murex colus
Murex concinnus
Murex conulus
Murex coppingeri
Murex costatus
Murex costulatus
Murex cracherodi
Murex craticulatus
Murex crouchi
Murex curvirostris
Murex cuspidiferus
Murex decollatus
Murex delicatus
Murex dorbignyi
Murex dubius
Murex dujardini
Murex duthiersi
Murex echinatus
Murex echinodes
Murex edwardsii
Murex erinaceus
Murex expansus
Murex falsitribulus
Murex femorale
Murex forceps
Murex formosus
Murex forskoehli
Murex forskoehlii
Murex fulvescens
Murex funiculus
Murex fuscatus
Murex gemma
Murex gibbulus
Murex gracilis
Murex granulatus
Murex gubbi
Murex hanleyi
Murex hidalgoi
Murex huangi
Murex hystricosus
Murex indicus
Murex infundibulum
Murex inornatus
Murex jamaicensis
Murex kerslakae
Murex kerslakai
Murex labiosus
Murex lampas
Murex lancea
Murex leucoderma
Murex levicula
Murex leviculus
Murex lignarius
Murex lignosus
Murex lindajoycae
Murex linearis
Murex londini
Murex longissimus
Murex lotorium
Murex macgillivrayi
Murex maculatus
Murex maculosus
Murex maroccensis
Murex megapex
Murex mulus
Murex nassa
Murex nebula
Murex nigrispinosus
Murex nodatus
Murex nucula
Murex obtusus
Murex occa
Murex olearium
Murex orbignianus
Murex ornamentalis
Murex panamicus
Murex papilla
Murex parthenopeus
Murex pecten
Murex perversus
Murex philippinensis
Murex pileare
Murex pirotectus
Murex polygonus
Murex porrectus
Murex prestensis
Murex protocrassus
Murex pugilinus
Murex pumilus
Murex purpureus
Murex queenslandicus
Murex radicatus
Murex ramosus
Murex rarispina
Murex rectirostris
Murex richardi
Murex ricinuloides
Murex rigidus
Murex rubecula
Murex rubicunda
Murex rufus
Murex salomonensis
Murex sanctaeluciae
Murex sanguineus
Murex saxatilis
Murex scolopax
Murex scolymus
Murex semigranosus
Murex semilunaris
Murex senilis
Murex senkakuensis
Murex senticosus
Murex septangularis
Murex singaporensis
Murex sirat
Murex somalicus
Murex squamosus
Murex stramineus
Murex striatulus
Murex succinctus
Murex surinamensis
Murex sutilis
Murex syracusanus
Murex tarentinus
Murex tautiranus
Murex taxus
Murex tenuirostrum
Murex terebella
Murex ternispina
Murex textilis
Murex torulosum
Murex trapa
Murex trapezium
Murex tribulus
Murex trigonularis
Murex trigonus
Murex triquetra
Murex trispinosus
Murex troscheli
Murex tubercularis
Murex tubulatus
Murex tulipa
Murex tumulosus
Murex turbinatus
Murex turricula
Murex undatus
Murex undulatus
Murex unifasciatus
Murex variegatus
Murex verrucosus
Murex vespertilio
Murex zelandicus
Promurex
Vokesimurex recurvirostrum
Acupurpura
Bouchetia
Flexopteron
Galfridus
Hertleinella
Marchia
Muricanthus
Panamurex
Phyllocoma
Phyllonotus
Ponderia
Pseudosalpinx
Purpurellus
Trunculariopsis
Tubicauda

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae
Murex (this page)
Murex (Tribulus) ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex acanthostephes R. B. Watson 1883
Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II 1841
Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex altispira Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex antelmei Viader 1938
Murex bonneti Cossmann 1903
Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822
Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862
Murex brevispina ornamentalis Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex brevispina senilis Jousseaume 1874
Murex brevispina toliaraensis Bozzetti 2020
Murex camplytropis Tate 1888
Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume 1881)
Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith 1884
Murex crassiliratus Tate 1888
Murex djarianensis djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex djarianensis K. Martin 1895
Murex djarianensis poppei Houart 1979
Murex echinodes Houart 2011
Murex ejectus K. Martin 1895
Murex falsitribulus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex forskoehlii forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex forskoehlii Röding 1798
Murex forskoehlii spinifer Heiman & Mienis 2010
Murex guppyi Ladd 1977
Murex huangi Houart 2010
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma 2001
Murex indicus Houart 2011
Murex irregularis Tate 1888
Murex kerslakae Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex megapex Neubert 1998
Murex minutus R. M. Johnston 1880
Murex nasongoensis Ladd 1977
Murex noae Holten 1802
Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II 1834
Murex pecten
Murex pecten pecten
Murex philippinensis Parth 1994
Murex protocrassus Houart 1990
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex salomonensis Parth 1994
Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817
Murex somalicus Parth 1990
Murex spectabilis Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spicatus Ponder & E. H. Vokes 1988
Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010
Murex spinicosta Bronn 1831
Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982
Murex suttipraneeae Gra-tes 2023
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822
Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822
Murex trapa Röding 1798
Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758
Murex troscheli heros Fulton 1936
Murex troscheli Lischke 1868
Murex troscheli troscheli Lischke 1868
Murex troscheli verbeeki K. Martin 1895
Abyssotrophon
Acanthotrophon
Aspella
Aspella Mörch 1877
Attiliosa
Azumamorula
Babelomurex
Bolinus
Bolinus Pusch 1837
Boreotrophon
Chicomurex
Chicoreus
Claremontiella
Claremontiella Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre 2019
Coralliophila
Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Crassimurex Merle 1990
Cytharomorula
Cytharomorula Kuroda 1953
Dermomurex
Dermomurex Monterosato 1890
Ergalatax Iredale 1931
Favartia
Forreria
Gemixystus
Haustellum
Heteropurpura
Heteropurpura Jousseaume 1880
Hexaplex
Hexaplex Perry 1810
Hirtomurex
Indothais
Laevityphis
Latiaxis
Latiaxis Swainson 1840
Lauta
Lauta Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre 2019
Leptotrophon
Lindapterys
Lyropurpura Jousseaume 1880
Menathais
Monstrotyphis
Morula
Murex Linnaeus 1758
Murexsul
Murichorda
Murichorda Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre 2019
Muricodrupa
Muricopsis
Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg 1882
Nipponotrophon
Nucella
Nucella Röding 1798
Ocenebra
Ocenebra J. E. Gray 1847
Ocinebrina
Ocinebrina Jousseaume 1880
Orania
Orania Pallary 1900
Paciocinebrina
Paciocinebrina Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick 2019
Pagodula
Pascula
Paziella
Poirieria Jousseaume 1880
Ponderia
Pterochelus
Pterynopsis
Pterynotus Swainson 1833
Pygmaepterys
Rapana
Rapana Schumacher 1817
Scabrotrophon
Semiricinula
Siphonochelus
Siratus
Spinidrupa
Spinucella
Spinucella Vermeij 1993
Stramonita
Stramonita Schumacher 1817
Tenguella
Thais
Thais Röding 1798
Thaisella
Timbellus
Trophon Montfort 1810
Tylothais
Tylothais Houart 2017
Typhina
Typhinellus Jousseaume 1880
Urosalpinx
Urosalpinx W. Stimpson 1865
Usilla
Uttleya
Vokesimurex
Warenia
Warenia Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick 2019
Xanthochorus
Zacatrophon
368 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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