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Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
15138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15138)
accepted
Superfamily
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 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 superseded rank)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 Nucellidae A. E. Salisbury, 1940 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
- Family Purpuridae Children, 1823 accepted as Rapaninae J. E. 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 J. E. Gray, 1853
- Family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Typhinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted rank)
- Family Muricoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15138 on 2026-04-13
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(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]
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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page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
