North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Muricidea Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

399004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:399004)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Trophon Montfort, 1810

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903

Original name

Muricidea Swainson, 1840

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Species Muricidea blainvillei [sic] accepted as Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814) (misspelling of Muricidea blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826))
Species Muricidea polliaeformis Weinkauff, 1868 accepted as Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym)
Species Muricidea spinulosa (O. G. Costa, 1861) accepted as Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato, 1883)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 64-65 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=399004 on 2025-11-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Muricidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=399004 on 2025-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-13 12:23:21Z

created

Houart, Roland

2011-04-02 19:01:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-11-27 19:44:11Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2024-01-02 21:17:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (1)

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 64-65 [details]