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Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Muricacea · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)
suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.
Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Concholepadidae Perrier, 1897 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 (currently considered a subfamily of the Muricidae)
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 Nucellidae A. E. Salisbury, 1940 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
Family Purpuridae Children, 1823 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853 (placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 886 with the requirement that it shall not be given precedence over Thaididae)
Family Rapidae Kuroda, 1941 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
Family Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Typhinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted rank)
Family [unassigned] (temporary name)
Family Concholepadidae Perrier, 1897 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 (currently considered a subfamily of the Muricidae)
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 Nucellidae A. E. Salisbury, 1940 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
Family Purpuridae Children, 1823 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853 (placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 886 with the requirement that it shall not be given precedence over Thaididae)
Family Rapidae Kuroda, 1941 accepted as Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
Family Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Typhinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted rank)
Family [unassigned] (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2023-03-25
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
