WoRMS taxon details
Aspellinae Keen, 1971
550088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550088)
accepted
Subfamily
Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tripterotyphinae D'Attilio & C. M. Hertz, 1988 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Acanthotrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
- Genus Aspella Mörch, 1877
- Genus Attiliosa W. K. Emerson, 1968
- Genus Bizetiella Radwin & D'Attilio, 1972
- Genus Cinclidotyphis DuShane, 1969
- Genus Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890
- Genus Eofavartia Merle, 2002
- Genus Favartia Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Ingensia Houart, 2001
- Genus Maxwellia J. L. Baily, 1950
- Genus Murexsul Iredale, 1915
- Genus Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
- Genus Pazinotus E. H. Vokes, 1970
- Genus Pradoxa F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1993
- Genus Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Pygmaepterys E. H. Vokes, 1978
- Genus Rolandiella B. A. Marshall & K. W. Burch, 2000
- Genus Tripterotyphis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
- Genus Xastilia Bouchet & Houart, 1994
- Genus Zetecopsis Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2022
- Genus Minnimurex Woolacott, 1957 accepted as Favartia Jousseaume, 1880 (synonym)
- Genus Murexiella Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 accepted as Favartia Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Nothotyphis C. A. Fleming, 1962 accepted as Tripterotyphis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (synonym)
- Genus Paradoxa F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 accepted as Pradoxa F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1993 (Junior homonym of Paradoxa Marshall, 1894.)
- Genus Paradoxon F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 accepted as Pradoxa F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1993 (Replacement name for Paradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 non Marshall, 1894, but itself a junior homonym of Paradoxon Fleutiaux, 1903.)
- Genus Perotyphis Jousseaume, 1880 accepted as Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1880 (incorrect original spelling, see Errata p. 367; spelling Pterotyphis conserved under Art. 33.2.3.1)
- Genus Poweria Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890 (invalid: junior homonym of Poweria Bonaparte, 1840 [Pisces]; Dermomurex is a replacement name)
- Genus Risomurex Olsson & T. L. McGinty, 1958 accepted as Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
- Genus Takia Kuroda, 1953 accepted as Dermomurex (Takia) Kuroda, 1953 represented as Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Trialatella S. S. Berry, 1964 accepted as Dermomurex (Trialatella) S. S. Berry, 1964 represented as Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890
- Genus Trigonotyphis Jousseaume, 1882 accepted as Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1880 (synonym)
- Genus Zetekopsis Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2022 accepted as Zetecopsis Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2022 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Zetekopsis Laubenfels, 1936)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Keen A.M. (1971). Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda. <em>The Veliger.</em> 13(3), 296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500997
page(s): 296 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
Nomenclature Russini et al. (2023) treated Muricopsinae and Aspellinae as synonyms, and used Muricopsinae as the valid name. However,...
Nomenclature Russini et al. (2023) treated Muricopsinae and Aspellinae as synonyms, and used Muricopsinae as the valid name. However, Aspellinae (published 1 January 1971) has precedence over Muricopsinae (published 27 December 1971). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspellinae Keen, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550088 on 2025-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Keen A.M. (1971). Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda. <em>The Veliger.</em> 13(3), 296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500997
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971) Radwin, G. E. & D'Attilio, A. (1971). Muricacean supraspecific taxonomy based on the shell and the radula. <em>The Echo.</em> 4: 55–67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32159322
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Tripterotyphinae D'Attilio & C. M. Hertz, 1988) D'Attilio, A. & Hertz, C.M. (1988). An illustrated catalogue of the family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 (Gastropoda, Muricacea). <em>The Festivus.</em> 20 (supplement): 1–73, figs 1–109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53970596
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971) Radwin, G. E. & D'Attilio, A. (1971). Muricacean supraspecific taxonomy based on the shell and the radula. <em>The Echo.</em> 4: 55–67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32159322
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Tripterotyphinae D'Attilio & C. M. Hertz, 1988) D'Attilio, A. & Hertz, C.M. (1988). An illustrated catalogue of the family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 (Gastropoda, Muricacea). <em>The Festivus.</em> 20 (supplement): 1–73, figs 1–109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53970596
page(s): 6 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Russini, V.; Fassio, G.; Nocella, E.; Houart, R.; Barco, A.; Puillandre, N.; Lozouet, P.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Whelks, rock-snails, and allied: a new phylogenetic framework for the family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 90(2): 856-868., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2283517 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Russini et al. (2023) treated Muricopsinae and Aspellinae as synonyms, and used Muricopsinae as the valid name. However, Aspellinae (published 1 January 1971) has precedence over Muricopsinae (published 27 December 1971). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒシヨウラク亜科 [from synonym] | [details] |
