1. Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
   1. Genus Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
   2. Genus Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
2. Subfamily Ergalataxinae Kuroda, T. Habe & Oyama, 1971
   1. Genus Drupella Thiele, 1925
   2. Genus Ergalatax Iredale, 1931
   3. Genus Murichorda Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
   4. Genus Muricodrupa Iredale, 1918
   5. Genus Orania Pallary, 1900
3. Subfamily Haustrinae K. S. Tan, 2003
   1. Genus Bedeva Iredale, 1924
4. Subfamily Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
   1. Genus Bolinus Pusch, 1837
   2. Genus Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810
   3. Genus Murex Linnaeus, 1758
   4. Genus Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921 accepted as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810
5. Subfamily Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
   1. Genus Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846
   2. Genus Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1880
   3. Genus Ocenebra Leach, 1847
   4. Genus Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880
   5. Genus Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
   6. Genus Urosalpinx W. Stimpson, 1865
6. Subfamily Pagodulinae Barco, Schiaparelli, Houart & Oliverio, 2012
   1. Genus Trophonopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
7. Subfamily Rapaninae J. E. Gray, 1853
   1. Genus Indothais Claremont, Vermeij, S. T. Williams & D. Reid, 2013
   2. Genus Nassa Röding, 1798
   3. Genus Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903
   4. Genus Rapana Schumacher, 1817
   5. Genus Reishia Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
   6. Genus Semiricinula E. von Martens, 1879
   7. Genus Stramonita Schumacher, 1817
   8. Genus Thais Röding, 1798
   9. Genus Thaisella Clench, 1947

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. 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] 

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

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2026-02-20

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2026-02-20

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