Murex Snails
Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognized. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, although experts disagree about the subfamily divisions and the definitions of the genera. Many muricids have unusual shells which are considered attractive by shell collectors and...
18 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ocenebrinae
subfamilyOcenebrinae
Rapanine Whelks
subfamilyRapaninae
Muricinae
subfamilyMuricinae
Ergalataxinae
subfamilyErgalataxinae
Haustrinae
subfamilyHaustrinae
Aspellinae
subfamilyAspellinae
Pagodulinae
subfamilyPagodulinae
Coral Snails
subfamilyCoralliophilinae
Homalocantha
genusHomalocantha
Vitularia
genusVitularia
Pterynotus
genusPterynotus
Typhinae
subfamilyTyphinae
Timbellus
genusTimbellus
Uttleya
genusUttleya
Ponderia
genusPonderia
Lenitrophon
genusLenitrophon
Minortrophon
genusMinortrophon
Flexopteron
genusFlexopteron
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50766.