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Muricinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61224	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61224

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Muricinae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Muricinae	da Costa 1776

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1968
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1975
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated without evidence	Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska, 1984
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat, 1987
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated without evidence	Robba et al., 1989
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Muricinae	subfamily	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Squires and Goedert, 1995

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

207

Extant Size (PBDB)

65 (31%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Muricidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Muricidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bolinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Caelobassus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Chicomurex genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chicoreus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	418	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Crassimurex ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Haustellum genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	135	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Homolocantha genus	listed (PBDB)
Maxwellia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Murex genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	277	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pazinotus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Phyllonotus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	79	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Poirieria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	175	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Vokesimurex genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	154	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1776	Muricinae da Costa
1960	Muricinae MacNeil p. 62
1968	Muricinae Vokes p. 92
1974	Muricinae Abbott p. 171
1975	Muricinae Vokes p. 132
1976	Muricinae Vokes p. 105
1984	Muricinae Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 109
1984	Muricinae Squires p. 30
1987	Muricinae Perrilliat p. 16
1988	Muricinae Ponder and Warén p. 304
1989	Muricinae Robba et al. p. 78

Year	Name and Author
1989	Muricinae Vokes p. 24
1990	Muricinae Beu et al.
1994	Muricinae Wilson p. 26
1995	Muricinae Squires and Goedert p. 265
2002	Muricinae Merle and Pacaud p. 22
2004	Muricinae Harzhauser p. 136
2005	Muricinae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2005	Muricinae DeVries p. 288
2006	Muricinae Houart p. 21
2010	Muricinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 61

References

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Vokes E. H. (1968) Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part IV - Hexaplex and Murexiella, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6 3, 85-126

Abbott R. T. (1974) , American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America, 1-663

Vokes E. H. (1975) Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part VI - Aspella and Dermomurex, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11 3, 121-162

Vokes E. H. (1976) Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region. Part VII - Calotrophon and Attiliosa, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12 3, 101-132

Gazdzicki A, Pugaczewska H (1984) Biota of the "Pecten Conglomerate" (Polenez Cove Formation, Pliocene) of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Studia Geologica Polonica 79, 59-120

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Perrilliat M.C. (1987) Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 52, 1-58

Robba E., Sartono S., et al (1989) Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor, Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31, 61-113

Vokes E. H. (1989) Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology, Bulletins of American Paleontology 97 332, 1-94

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Squires R. L., Goedert J. L. (1995) New Species of Middle Eocene Gastropods from the Northern Doty Hills, Southwestern Washington, The Veliger 38 3, 254-269

Merle D., Pacaud J.-M. (2002) The first record of Poirieria subcristata (d'Orbigny) (Muricidae: Muricinae) in the early Cusian of the Paris Basin (Celles-sur-Aisne, Aizy Formation), with comments on the sculptural evolution of some Paleocene and Eocene Poirieria and Paziella, Tertiary Research 21 1-4, 19-27

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

DeVries T. J. (2005) Late Cenozoic Muricidae from Peru: Seven new species and a biogeographic summary, The Veliger 47 4, 277-293

Houart R. (2006) Description of two new species of Muricidae from Martinique and Honduras and re-evaluation of Muricopsis s.s. in the western Atlantic, Novapex 7, 47-53

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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