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Encyclopedia > Muricidae
iMuricidae
Chicoreus palmarosae
Chicoreus palmarosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
da Costa, 1776
Subfamilies

Muricinae
Muricopsinae
Ocenebrinae
Ergalataxinae
Typhinae
Tripterotyphinae
Trophoninae
Rapaninae (=Thaidinae) ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1236 KB) Chicoreus palmarosae Licence: self-made photo, May 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Muricidae ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia † Helcionelloida The molluscs (British spelling) or mollusks (American spelling) are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar animals well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Subclasses Eogastropoda (True Limpets and relatives) Orthogastropoda The gastropods, gasteropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 known living species comprising the snails and slugs as well as a vast number of marine and freshwater species. ... Infraclasses Apogastropoda Cocculiniformia Murchisoniina Neritopsina Vetigastropoda In their work, which has become a standard reference in the field, Ponder and Lindberg (1997) showed that the Orthogastropoda is one of two subclasses of the Gastropoda the class of molluscs, the other subclass being the Eogastropoda. ... Caenogastropoda Categories: Animal stubs ... Suborders Discopoda Murchisoniina Hypsogastropoda Sorbeoconcha is an order within the gastropod superorder Caenogastropoda. ... Hypsogastropoda is a suborder within the gastropod order Sorbeoconcha. ... Superfamilies Buccinoidea Cancellarioidea Conoidea Muricoidea The Neogastropoda used to be an order of prosobranch gastropods in the taxonomy of Thiele (1921). ... Muricoidea is a superfamily within the gastropod infraorder Sorbeoconcha. ... Emanuel Mendez da Costa (1717 – 1791) was a Jewish English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati. ... Year 1776 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ocenebrinae is a subfamily within the gastropod family Muricidae. ... Genera Concholepas Cronia Cymia Dicathias Drupa Drupella Habromorula Mancinella Morula Nassa Phycothais Pinaxia Plicopurpura Purpura Rapana Stramonita Thais Vexilla Rapaninae is a large subfamily within the gastropod family Muricoidea. ...

Muricidae is a large family within the gastropod superfamily Muricoidea. At least 1,000 species are known. The spire is usually ornamented with knobs, tubercules, ribs, or spines. Many muricids have episodic growth, which means that the shell grows in spurts, remaining the same size for a while (during which time the varix develops) before rapidly growing to the next size stage. The result is a series of varices on each whorl. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Subclass Subclass Eogastropoda     Patellogastropoda Subclass Orthogastropoda   Superorder Cocculiniformia   Superorder Hot Vent Taxa     Neomphaolida   Superorder Vetigastropoda   Superorder Neritaemorphi     Neritopsina   Superorder Caenogastropoda     Architaenioglossa     Sorbeoconcha   Superorder Heterobranchia     Heterostropha     Opisthobranchia     Pulmonata The gastropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 species, and second largest class... In biology, a superfamily is a taxonomic grade intermediate between suborder and family. ... Muricoidea is a superfamily within the gastropod infraorder Sorbeoconcha. ... The Spire in a mollusc shell constitutes all the whorls of a spiral shell exclusive except for the body whorl. ... Sculpture on a mollusc shell is the pattern or ornament of ribs, nodules, growth lines, and other distinguishing marks, which are useful in identification of the species in question. ... Varix (Pl. ... A whorl is a single, complete 360° turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. ...


Most species are carnivorous, feeding on other gastropods, on bivalves, and on barnacles. This article deals with meat-eating animals. ... Orders Subclass Protobranchia Solemyoida Nuculoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters Arcoida Mytiloida Pterioida Subclass Paleoheterodonta - mussels Trigoinoida Unionoida Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels Veneroida Myoida Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Animals of the Class Bivalvia are known as bivalves because they typically have two-part shells, with both parts being more or less symmetrical. ... Superorders Acrothoracica Thoracica Rhizocephala A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea and is hence distantly related to crabs and lobsters. ...


The family first appears in the fossil record during the Aptian age of the Cretaceous period. In the geologic timescale, the Aptian is the age of the Lower Cretaceous epoch of the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era of the Phanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 125 and 112 million years ago, approximately. ... The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i. ...


References

  • Rosenberg, Gary (1992) The Encyclopedia of Seashells. New York: Dorset Press.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989) A Classification of the Living Mollusca. American Malacologists, Inc., Melbourne, Florida.

External links

  • CAAB listing for family Muricidae
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References (1516 words)
The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region.
A revision of the Patagonian genus Xymenopsis Powell, 1951 (Gastropoda: Muricidae).
Vokes, E.H. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern coast of Africa.
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