The Muricidae Family includes 1927 species comprising 13 subfamilies (Ocenebrinae (33 genus), Rapaninae (28), Muricinae (24), ...)
and 192 genus (Favartia (108 species), Coralliophila (105), Chicoreus (93), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :GastropodaSubclass :CaenogastropodaOrder :NeogastropodaSuperfamily :MuricoideaFamily :Muricidae
Common name : Murex, rock and coral shells
Aspect : muricidae form a large and very diverse family comprising a dozen subfamilies. Below we distinguish 2 sub-families in particular - Muricinae and Rapaninae -. The Muricinae are easily recognized as Murex. Club-shaped shell with a round opening and a more or less elongated siphonal channel. Presence, in general, of strong varicose veins in the form of bulges, bumps, folds or thorns which can be branched. The interval between varicose veins and their numbers on a turn is characteristic of each species. Rapaninae are more compact, without varicose veins and sometimes with pimples. Apex short. Presence of an anterior canal and collumellar folds.
Feeding : carnivore
Environment : Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific seas, rock or coral reef, shallow waters
Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984 (Subfamily Muricinae)
Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Chicoreus torrefactus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Drupa clathrata miticula (Lamarck, 1822) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Drupa denticulata Houart & Vilvens, 1997 (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Drupa morum Röding, 1798 (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Drupa rubusidaeus Röding, 1798 (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Drupina lobata (Blainville, 1832) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Menathais tuberosa (Röding, 1798) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786 (Subfamily Muricinae)
Murex trapa Röding, 1798 (Subfamily Muricinae)
Muricanthus nigritus (Philippi, 1845) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Ocenebrinae)
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Ocenebrinae)
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Ocenebrinae)
Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831) (Subfamily Muricinae)
Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (Subfamily Rapaninae)
Total collection for Muricidae : 26 species (129 shells in total)
