OCEAN-UKRAINE - Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (6)

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Subfamily Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
Subfamily Pagodulinae Barco, Schiaparelli, Houart & Oliverio, 2012
1. Genus Trophonopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Subfamily Rapaninae J. E. Gray, 1853
1. Genus Rapana Schumacher, 1817
Subfamily Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]

(of ) 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2026) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2026-08-06

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-05-24 14:05:01Z

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Houart, Roland

2010-01-27 19:11:38Z

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Gofas, Serge

2026-01-06 17:33:29Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]

original description (of ) 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: as [subfamily] "Murexia". [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors

additional source Houart, R. (2018). Historique et classification des espèces actuelles de Muricidae (Neogastropoda, Muricoidea). Novapex. 19 (2): 37-66. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muricidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To ITIS