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Murex (Rhinocantha)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rhinocantha was named by Adams (1853). It is extant.

It was reranked as Murex (Rhinocantha) by Tate (1888).

It was assigned to Murex by Tate (1888).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Murex abbatiae, Murex aciculata, Murex aduncospinosus, Murex adustus, Murex aldrichi, Murex angulatus, Murex angulifer, Murex anguliferus, Murex arakanensis, Murex arrakensis, Murex asianus, Murex bantamensis, Murex bantamensis, Murex bataviana, Murex bellegladeensis, Murex bellegladensis, Murex bilineatus, Murex brevispina, Murex calcar, Murex carinella, Murex citimus, Murex corallina, Murex cornerectus, Murex decussata, Murex decussatus, Murex edwardsi, Murex engonata, Murex forskoehlii, Murex friedbergi, Murex fulvenscens, Murex fusates, Murex globosus, Murex gosportensis, Murex guppyi, Murex haudmuticus, Murex hoplites, Murex innexus, Murex inornatus, Murex inornatus, Murex laciniatus, Murex laevavaricosus, Murex longus, Murex macgillierayi, Murex mansfieldi, Murex messoriusi, Murex microphyllus, Murex migus, Murex millvillensis, Murex miscowicki, Murex multilamellosus, Murex multispinosus, Murex multispinosus, Murex nanus, Murex nasongoensis, Murex pallaryi, Murex partschi, Murex partsehi, Murex pecten, Murex pennaei, Murex pleurotomoides, Murex prestensis, Murex pseudophyllopterus, Murex purpruoides, Murex pustulatus, Murex pyknos, Murex radix, Murex recurvirostris, Murex renieri, Murex retirostris, Murex rigidus, Murex rubigonosus, Murex rufus, Murex ruthrae, Murex rutteni, Murex sabaudianus, Murex saplisi, Murex saxatilis, Murex septemnarius, Murex sobrinus, Murex sondeiamus, Murex sondeianus, Murex spinieosta, Murex subtorulcirius, Murex talahabensis, Murex taurinensis, Murex tenuirostrum, Murex ternispina, Murex ternispira, Murex tortuosus, Murex trapa, Murex trapa, Murex triangularis, Murex tribulus, Murex tribulus, Murex tritonopsis, Murex trophoniformis, Murex troscheli, Murex tumulosus, Murex vanuxemi, Murex variscosus, Murex verbeeki, Murex virgineus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Murex (Rhinocantha) Tate p. 102

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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
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
subgenusRhinocantha(Adams 1853)

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.

Subg. Murex (Rhinocantha) Adams 1853
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available