Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Sorbeoconcha

Current position

Muricoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 256; Millard, 1997.

Alternative positions

Muricacea (Superfamily) de Costa, 1776	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1017.
Volutacea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 181.

Historical positions

Muricoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 256.
Muricoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 340.
Muricoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 312.
Gastropoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 194. [rough position]
Muricoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 157.
Neogastropoda (Order) Wenz, 1938	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Volutacea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 181, 369.
Muricacea (Superfamily) de Costa, 1776	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1017-1018.
Volutoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	44g;24s;2ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	9sf200s
1997	V.G. Millard: 159	[51g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1018	9sf200s