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Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Neogastropoda

Original name

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Muricacea · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)

suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.

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Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Concholepadidae Perrier, 1897 accepted as Rapaninae J. E. 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 superseded rank)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 Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Typhinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted rank)
Family Muricoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)

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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2026-03-11

Taxonomic edit history

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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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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-01-06 17:33:29Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

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