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Muricinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Muricinae da Costa
1960Muricinae MacNeil p. 62
1968Muricinae Vokes p. 92
1974Muricinae Abbott p. 171
1975Muricinae Vokes p. 132
1976Muricinae Vokes p. 105
1977Muricinae Adegoke p. 214
1984Muricinae Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 109
1984Muricinae Squires p. 30
1987Muricinae Perrilliat p. 16
1988Muricinae Ponder and Warén p. 304
1989Muricinae Robba et al. p. 78
1989Muricinae Vokes p. 24
1990Muricinae Beu et al.
1994Muricinae Wilson p. 26
1995Muricinae Squires and Goedert p. 265
2002Muricinae Merle and Pacaud p. 22
2004Muricinae Harzhauser p. 136
2005Muricinae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2005Muricinae DeVries p. 288
2006Muricinae Houart p. 21
2010Muricinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Muricinae da Costa 1776
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G. Bolinus Pusch 1837
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Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus 1758
†Murex (Bolinus) subtorularius Hörnes and Auinger 1885
G. †Caelobassus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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†Caelobassus radwini Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. †Chicomurex Arakawa 1964
G. Chicoreus Monfort 1810
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Subg. Chicoreus (Naquetia) Jousseaume 1880
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Subg. †Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) Oyama 1950
Subg. Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume 1880
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) gardnerae Vokes 1963 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Murex antillarum Gabb 1873 [synonym]
†Siratus adelosus Vokes 1989
†Siratus amblyceras Tate 1888
†Siratus dennanti Tate 1888
Subg. Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry 1810
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Invalid names: Murex dujardini Tournouër 1875 [synonym], Murex eximius Bellardi 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Torvamurex Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]
†Chicoreus asanoi Masuda 1956
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Invalid names: Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) tiganouranus Oyama 1950 [synonym]
†Chicoreus brunneus Link 1807
†Chicoreus jungi Vokes 1990
†Chicoreus ramosus Linnaeus 1758
†Chicoreus venezuelanus Hodson and Hodson 1931
G. Haustellum Schumacher 1817
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†Haustellum donmoorei Bullis 1964
Haustellum haustellum Linnaeus 1758
†Haustellum mimiwilsoni Vokes 1990
†Haustellum polynematicus Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Haustellum wilsoni d'Attilio and Old 1971
†Murex (Haustellum) naricus Vredenburg 1925
†Murex (Haustellum) tchihatcheffi d'Archiac and Haime 1854
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†Homolocantha secunda Lamarck 1822
G. Maxwellia Baily 1950
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†Maxwellia eldridgei Arnold 1907
Maxwellia gemma Sowerby II 1879
G. Murex Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus 1758
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†Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner 1947 [synonym]
†Murex (Murex) nicholsi Gardner 1947
†Murex (Murex) toreia Maury 1925
Invalid names: Murex (Acupurpura) [synonym]
Subg. Murex (Promurex) Ponder and Vokes 1988
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Subg. Murex (Rhinocantha) Adams 1853
Subg. Murex (Subpterynotus) Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Murex asteriscus Tate 1888
†Murex bifrons Tate 1888
†Murex camplytropis Tate 1888
†Murex cancellinus Lamarck 1803
†Murex cingulatus Lamarck 1803
†Murex clathratus Lamarck 1803
†Murex colubrinus Lamarck 1803
†Murex concinnus Reeve 1845
†Murex contabulatus Lamarck 1803
†Murex cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
†Murex crowfootii Wood 1879
†Murex davisi Richards 1943
†Murex didymus Tate 1888
†Murex fluctuosus Forbes 1846
†Murex frondosus Lamarck 1803
†Murex grooti Jenkins 1864
†Murex hamiltonensis Tate 1888
†Murex junghuhni Martin 1879
†Murex kellumi Richards 1943
Murex lignarius Adams 1853
†Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862
†Murex manubriatus Tate 1888
†Murex minutus Johnston 1879
†Murex mississippiensis Conrad 1848
†Murex nodularius Lamarck 1803
†Murex packardi Dickerson 1915
†Murex paradoxicus Jenkins 1864
†Murex perangulatus Nomland 1916
†Murex pondicherriensis Forbes 1846
†Murex prionotus Tate 1888
†Murex pseudonystii Wood 1879
†Murex reedi Wood 1877
†Murex reticulosus Lamarck 1803
†Murex rhysus Tate 1888
†Murex sandersoni Cox 1930
†Murex scorpionius Olsson 1930
†Murex sopenahensis Weaver 1912
Murex spinacostatas Valenciennes 1858
†Murex striatulus Lamarck 1803
†Murex temalentus Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Murex (Ocinebra) concinna Nomland 1917 [replaced]
†Murex textiliosus Lamarck 1803
†Murex torturosus Sowerby 1823
†Murex trinodosus Tate 1888
Murex tripterus Born 1778
†Murex tubifer Lamarck 1803
†Murex viperinus Lamarck 1803
†Murex wadiai Cox 1930
G. Poirieria Jousseaume 1880
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Subg. Poirieria (Paziella) Jousseaume 1880
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†Paziella eyrei Tenison Woods 1877
†Paziella graniformis Harris 1897
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Invalid names: Murex (Ocenebra) alevolatus Tate 1888 [replaced]
†Paziella legrandi Johnston 1880
†Paziella subcoronata d'Orbigny 1850
†Paziella trochispira Tate 1888
Poirieria (Paziella) atlantis Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945
Invalid names: Murex (Bathymurex) Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym], Paziella (Dallimurex) Rehder 1946 [synonym]
Subg. Poirieria (Poirieria) Jousseaume 1880
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†Poirieria albionis Wrigley 1934
†Poirieria calcitrapa Lamarck 1803
†Poirieria levis Traub 1979
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Invalid names: Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta Traub 1980 [synonym]
†Poirieria subcristata d'Orbigny 1850
Poirieria zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard 1834
G. †Pseudoperissolax Clark 1918
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†Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855
†Pseudoperissolax iseakai Oyama and Mizuno 1958
G. Vokesimurex Petuch 1994
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Vokesimurex anniae Smith 1940
Vokesimurex cabritii Bernardi 1859
Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) woodringi Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym], Murex funiculatus Reeve 1845 [synonym], Murex nigrescens Sowerby II 1841 [synonym], Murex samui Sunderland 2003 [synonym], Murex sutilis White 1887 [synonym]
†Vokesimurex polynematicus Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Vokesimurex recurvirostris Broderip 1832
Vokesimurex sallasi Rehder and Abbott 1951
Vokesimurex tryoni Hidalgo 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma

Collections (830 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Murex prestensis (2175 2232)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Murex carinella, Murex sabaudianus, Murex bilineatus (2237)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Murex calcar (6280 51673)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Murex pleurotomoides (66779)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Poirieria cretacea (205510 205541)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Murex sp. (86475)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Perissolax blakei (193035) Perissolax tricarnatus (37389 37396)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Paziella hannonica (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Paziella hannonica (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Murex mansfieldi (98701) Poireria delera (205466)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Murex mansfieldi (91825)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Perissolax tricarnatus (190778 190781 190788 190798 190800) Pseudoperissolax blakei (11117)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Perissolax tricarnatus (184016)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Hexaplex ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Poirieria harrisi (90606 92602 92604 98429 205499)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Murex nanus (35264 35265 35266 35267)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Murex wadiai, Murex sandersoni (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Austria Poirieria levis (184810)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Perissolax tricarinatus (52610 52612 52613 52618) Perissolax tricarnatus (52611) Pseudoperissolax blakei (11126) Pseudoperissolax sp. (52596) Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus (214289 214290)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Pseudoperissolax blakei (200799 200802 200804)