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Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †
833227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833227)
unaccepted > unavailable name (Invalid under Art. 20: name established for fossils, formed by adding the suffix "-ites" to the genus name Murex.)
Genus
- Species Muricites auriculatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Pseudobellardia auriculata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites fistulatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Siphonochelus fistulatus (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites melaniaeformis Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Bayania melaniaeformis (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites pentagonatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Pyrazopsis pentagonata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites pygmaeus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Tritia pygmaea (Schlotheim, 1820) † (original combination)
- Species Muricites strombiformis Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Pseudoglauconia carbonaria (F. A. Roemer, 1836) † (nomen nudum; synonym)
- Species Muricites subgranulatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Turehua subgranulata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites vulcanicus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Jponsia vulcanica (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Muricites cognatus Schlotheim, 1820 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Muricites elegans Schlotheim, 1820 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Muricites gracilis Schlotheim, 1820 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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fossil only
Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833227 on 2025-09-10
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Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y [details]
