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Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
15138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15138)
accepted
Superfamily
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 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- 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, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815) 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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2026-02-08
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(of Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815) 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. (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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page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
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
