World Register of Deep-Sea species - Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Deep-Sea taxon details

Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

15138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15138)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Neogastropoda

Original name

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (1)

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Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2026-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2026-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-08-14 07:25:27Z

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2010-12-05 08:04:31Z

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2026-01-06 17:33:29Z

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original description (of Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. 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. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	アッキガイ上科	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muricoidea)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)