MURICIDAE

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This family continues to undergo extensive revision.

SUBFAMILY Coralliophilinae
abnormis, Coralliophila (Smith, 1878)
antipathicus, Rhizochilus Streenstrup, 1850
antiquus, Magilus Montfort, 1810
bulbiformis, Coralliophila (Conrad, 1837)
costularis, Coralliophila (Lamarck, 1816)
erosa, Coralliophila (Röding, 1798)
Lamarckii, Magilus (Deshayes, 1863)
monodonta, Quoyula (Blainville, 1832)
rapa, Rapa Linné, 1758
robillardi, Coralliobia (Lienard, 1870)
squamosissima, Coralliophila (E. A. Smith, 1876)
striatus, Leptoconchus Röppell, 1835
violacea, Coralliophila (Kiener, 1836)

SUBFAMILY Ergalataxinae
benedicta, Pascula (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
bracteatus, Maculotriton (Hinds, 1844)
convolutum, Phyllocoma (Broderip, 1833)
fenestrata, Muricodrupa (Blainvile, 1832)
fiscella, Muricodrupa (Gmelin, 1791)
funiculus, Muricodrupa (Wood, 1828)
lefevreiana, Pascula (Tappparone Cenefri, 1880)
margariticola, Ergalatax (Broderip, 1832)
serrialis, Maculotriton (Deshayes, 1834)
triangulata, Muricodrupa (Pease, 1868)

SUBFAMILY Muricinae
aculeatus, Chicoreus (Lamarck, 1822)
anceps, Aspella (Lamarck, 1822)
annandalei, Naquetia (Preston, 1910)
? bipinnata, Marchia (Reeve, 1845)
bouteti, Marchia Houart, 1990
brunneus, Chicoreus (Link, 1807)
elongata, Marchia (Lightfoot, 1786)
laciniatus, Chicomurex (Sowerby, 1841)
laqueata, Marchia (Sowerby, 1841)
martinetana, Marchia (Röding, 1798)
cf. neglecta, Dermomurex Habe & Kosuge, 1971
orchidifloris, Pterynotus (Shikama, 1973)
pellucidus, Pterynotus (Reeve, 1845)
producta, Aspella (Pease, 1861)
ramosus, Chicoreus (Linné, 1758)
saulii, Chicoreus (Sowerby, 1841)
schroederi, Aspella Houart, 1996
tripterus, Marchia (Born, 1778)
trigonula, Naquetia (Lamarck, 1816)

triquetra, Naquetia (Born, 1778)
venustulus, Chicomurex (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)

SUBFAMILY Muricopsinae
anatomica, Homalocantha (Perry, 1811)
brevicula, Favarita (Sowerby, 1834)
conleyi, Favarita (Houart, 1999)
crouchi, Favartia (Sowerby, 1894)
miliaris, Vitularia (Gmelin, 1791)
cf. munda, Favartia (Reeve, 1849)
cf. salmonea, Favarita (Melvill & Standen, 1899)

SUBFAMILY Rapaninae
aculeata, Thais (Deshayes, 1844)
albanigra, Morula Houart, 2002
anexeres, Morula (Kiener, 1835)
angulata, Morula (Sowerby, 1893)
armigera, Thais (Link, 1807)
biconica, Habromorula (Blainvell, 1832)
cf. luteostoma, Thais (Holten, 1803)
clathrata, Drupa (Lamarck, 1816)
dumosa, Habromorula (Conrad, 1837)
echinata, Morula (Reeve, 1846)
elata, Drupella (Blainville, 1832)
fragum, Drupella (Blainville, 1832)
gibba, Drupella (Pease, 1873)
granulata, Morula (Duclos, 1832)
grossularia, Drupa (Röding, 1798)
intermedia, Thais (Kiener, 1835)
kieneri, Thais (Deshayes, 1844)
miliaris, Vitularia (Gmelin, 1791)
morum, Drupa Röding, 1798
nodicostata, Morula (Pease, 1868)
ochrostoma, Drupella Blainville, 1832
parva, Morula (Pease, 1868)
persica, Purpura (Linné, 1758)
ricinus, Drupa (Linné, 1758)
rodgersi, Morula Houart, 2000
rubusidaeus, Drupa Röding, 1798
rugosa, Drupella (Born, 1778)
serta, Nassa (Bruiguière, 1789)
spinosa, Habromorula (H. & A. Adams, 1853)
squamosa, Morula (Pease, 1867)
tuberosa, Mancinella (Röding, 1798)
uva, Morula (Röding, 1798)
vexillum, Vexilla (Gmelin, 1791)


References

Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1971. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Revised ed. p. 116-135.

---- 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol II. p. 122-131.

---- 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. p. 64-73.

Emerson, William K. 1973. The Genus Drupa in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(13):1-40.

Fair, Ruth. 1976. The Murex Book: An Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Muricidae(Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Published by author. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Radwin, George E. & Anthony D'Attilio. 1976. Murex Shells of the World: An Illustrated Guide to Muricidae. Stanford University Press. Stanford, Ca.

Wilson, Barry. 1994. Australian Marine Shells, Part Two. p. 14-56.

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