African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

225315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225315)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Genus Bolinus Pusch, 1837
Genus Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964
Genus Chicoreus Montfort, 1810
Genus Haustellum Schumacher, 1817
Genus Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810
Genus Murex Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Muricanthus Swainson, 1840
Genus Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880
Genus Phyllocoma Tapparone Canefri, 1881
Genus Promurex Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
Genus Purpurellus Jousseaume, 1880
Genus Siratus Jousseaume, 1880
Genus Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994
Genus Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921 accepted as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225315 on 2025-11-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225315 on 2025-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:55:05Z

created

Nsiangango, Silvi Edith

2009-06-16 19:41:23Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2009-06-22 14:29:05Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2019-07-31 20:12:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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taxonomy source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]

taxonomy source Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]

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