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Muricidae
Rafinesque, 1815
- drills
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Muricoidea (Superfamily)
..Babyloniidae (Family)
..Costellariidae (Family)
..Cystiscidae (Family)
..Harpidae (Family) - harp snails
..Marginellidae (Family) - marginellas
..Mitridae (Family) - miter snails
..†Pholidotomidae (Family)
..Pleioptygmatidae (Family)
..Strepsiduridae (Family)
..Turbinellidae (Family)
..Volutidae (Family) - volutes
..Volutomitridae (Family) - false mitres
..Muricidae (Family) - drills
....Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
....Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
....Haustrinae (Subfamily)
....Houartiella (Genus)
....Minibraria (Genus)
....Muricinae (Subfamily)
....Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
....Ocenebrinae (Subfamily)
....Ollaphon (Genus)
....Pagodula (Genus)
....Pursia (Genus)
....Pygmaepterys (Genus)
....Rapaninae (Subfamily)
....Semiricinula (Genus)
....Thaisella (Genus)
....Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
....Trophoninae (Subfamily)
....Typhinae (Subfamily)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Muricoidea
(Superfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Muricinae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Type
:
Murex
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 112.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Including
:
Pseudolividae
(Family)
de Gregorio, 1880
Ref:
S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
: 1093.
Including
:
Purpuridae
(Family)
Children, 1823
Ref:
S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
: 1093.
Including
:
Rapanidae
(Family)
Ref:
S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
: 1093.
Including
:
Thaididae
(Family)
Jousseaume, 1888
Ref:
S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
: 1093.
Including
:
Thaisidae
(Family)
Jousseaume, 1888, orth. inval.
Ref:
S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
: 1093.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stekelhorens
:
purperslakken
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
drills
:
rock shells
:
murex and rock shells
Ref:
R.T. Abbott, 1990
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026