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MURICIDAE RAPANINAE Gray, J.E., 1853 ThumbNails

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Rapana Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Type species : Rapana bezoar Linnaeus, C., 1758
*Rapana bezoar Rapana foliacea Rapana thomasiana *Rapana pontica
*Rapana rapiformis Rapana bulbosa Purpura volema *Rapana venosa venosa
Rapana venosa pechiliensis Rapana pellucida


Concholepas Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1801 Type species : Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1801
Concholepas antiquata *Concholepas concholepas Concholepas peruviana Concholepas deshayesi
Concholepas imbricata Concholepas kieneri Concholepas laevigata Concholepas nodosa
Concholepas pehuensis


Cronia Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853 Type species : Cronia (Cronia) amygdala Kiener, L.C., 1836
*Cronia konkanensis *Cronia gibba Murex crossei *Cronia heptagonalis
*Cronia infans Cronia obockiensis Lienardia obockiensis


Cronia (Cronia) Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853 Type species : Cronia (Cronia) amygdala Kiener, L.C., 1836
Cronia (Cronia) amygdala *Cronia (Cronia) aurantiaca Purpura pseudamygdala *Cronia (Cronia) avellana


Cronia (Usilla) Adams, H.G., 1860 Type species : Cronia (Usilla) avenacea Lesson, R.P., 1842
*Cronia (Usilla) avenacea Vexilla fusconigra Cronia (Usilla) gouldi


Cymia Mörch, O.A.L., 1860 Type species : Cymia tecta Wood, 1828
*Cymia tecta Purpura callosa


Dicathais Iredale, T., 1936 Type species : Dicathais orbita Gmelin, J.F., 1791
*Dicathais orbita Purpura scalaris Purpura succincta Purpura textilosa
Dicathais vector *Dicathais orbita aegrota (f) *Dicathais orbita textilosa (f)


Drupa Röding, P.F., 1798 Type species : Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, P.F., 1798
Drupa walkerae


Drupa (Drupa) Röding, P.F., 1798 Type species : Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, P.F., 1798
*Drupa (Drupa) chrysostoma *Drupa (Drupa) denticulata *Drupa (Drupa) elegans Drupa (Drupa) glossularia
*Drupa (Drupa) hadari *Drupa (Drupa) lobata *Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Pentadactylis globosa
Ricinula horrida Canrena neritoidea Nerita nodosa Drupa (Ricinella) violacea
*Drupa (Drupa) morum iodostoma *Drupa (Drupa) ricinus Sistrum album Murex hystrix
Drupa rubus-cestus Murex tribulus *Drupa (Drupa) ricinus albolabris (f) *Drupa (Drupa) ricinus arachnoides (f)
Drupa (Drupa) sidrea Drupa (Drupa) tosana


Drupa (Drupina) Dall, W.H., 1923 Type species : Drupa (Drupina) digitata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
*Drupa (Drupina) grossularia Drupa (Drupina) digitata


Drupa (Ricinella) Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Type species : Drupa (Ricinella) purpurata Schumacher, 1817
*Drupa (Ricinella) clathrata Drupa (Drupa) clathratula *Drupa (Ricinella) clathrata miticula (f) *Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus
Drupa fragum Murex hippocastanum Murex hystrix Ricinula miticula
Murex nodus Drupa (Ricinella) purpurata Ricinula reeveana Purpura spathulifera
*Drupa (Ricinella) speciosa


Drupella Thiele, J., 1925 Type species : Purpura elata Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832
Drupella angulata *Drupella concatenata *Drupella cornus Purpura elata
Drupella mancilla Ricinula spectrum Drupella dealbata Drupella eburnea
*Drupella fraga Drupella minuta *Drupella rugosa Murex concatenatus
Purpura fragum


Habromorula Houart, R., 1995 Type species : Habromorula biconica Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832
Habromorula aglaos *Habromorula ambrosia *Habromorula andrewsi *Habromorula biconica
Habromorula bicatenata Engina slootsi Morula variabilis *Habromorula coronata
*Habromorula dichrous Habromorula euryspira *Habromorula fuscoimbricata *Habromorula japonica
Ricinula morus borealis *Habromorula lepida *Habromorula porphyrostoma *Habromorula spinosa
Morula ambusta Ricinula chrysostoma Muricidea iostomus *Habromorula striata


Mancinella Link, H.F., 1807 Type species : Mancinella mancinella Linnaeus, C., 1758
*Mancinella alouina Purpura gemmulata Drupa glacialis Purpura mancinella
*Mancinella echinata *Mancinella echinulata Mancinella grossa *Mancinella herberti
*Mancinella hippocastaneum *Mancinella intermedia *Mancinella mancinella Mancinella siro
*Mancinella speciosa *Mancinella triangularis *Mancinella tuberculata *Mancinella tuberosa
Purpura castaneus Purpura pica Purpura pica major (f) Purpura pica minor (f)
Purpura trapa


Mancinella (Thalessa) Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853 Type species : Mancinella (Thalessa) aculeata Deshayes, G.P. & H. Milne-Edwards, 1844
*Mancinella (Thalessa) virgatus Mancinella (Thalessa) aculeata Purpura distinguenda Purpura hippocastanum
Murex plicatus Purpura pseudohippocastanum


Morula Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Type species : Morula papillosa Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
*Morula albanigra *Morula aspera Morula bidens Morula clathrata
Morula iostoma *Morula nodosa Morula palmeri Morula peasei
Morula rodgersi *Morula squamilirata *Morula zebrina


Morula (Morula) Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Type species : Morula (Morula) uva Röding, P.F., 1798
*Morula (Morula) anaxeres Purpura cancellata *Morula (Morula) angulata Morula (Morula) apaxares
*Morula (Morula) cernohorskyi Morula (Morula) consanguinea *Morula (Morula) echinata Engina nodulifera
*Morula (Morula) eximius *Morula (Morula) fusca Sistrum indigoferum *Morula (Morula) granulata
Morula (Morula) ceylonica Sistrum chrysalis Purpura tuberculata *Morula (Morula) marginalba
Morula (Morula) martensi *Morula (Morula) musiva *Morula (Morula) nodicostata Morula (Morula) parvissima
Morula (Morula) oparense Morula (Morula) parva Morula (Morula) praecipua *Morula (Morula) purpureocincta
Morula (Morula) rumphiusi Morula (Morula) subnodulosa Morula (Morula) subturrita *Morula (Morula) uva
Ricinula alba Ricinula morus Ricinula nodus Morula papillosa
Purpura sphaeridea


Morula (Morurella) Type species : ?
*Morula (Morurella) lugubris Fusinus orcutti


Morula (Azumamorula) Emerson, W.K., 1968 Type species : Morula (Azumamorula) mutica Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
*Morula (Azumamorula) mutica


Morula (Neothais) Iredale, T., 1912 Type species : Morula (Neothais) smithi Brazier, J. in Etheridge, R., 1889
*Morula (Neothais) harpa Morula (Neothais) nesiotes Morula (Neothais) scalare *Morula (Neothais) smithi


Morula (Oppomorus) Iredale, T., 1937 Type species : Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera Menke, K.T., 1829
*Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera Purpura chaidea Morula chaidea


Nassa Röding, P.F., 1798 Type species : Nassa picta Röding, P.F., 1798
Nassa clara hiradoensis Nassa clara hizenensis *Nassa francolina Nassa hepatica
Nassa leucops Nassa moesta lencops Nassa lirella Nassa ornata
Nassa palta Nassa producta *Nassa serta Nassa picta
Nassa situla Nassa solida *Nassa tuamotuensis

Petricola (Petricolaria) Type species : ?
Petricola (Petricolaria) donnae

Phycothais Tan, K.S., 2003 Type species : ?
Phycothais reticulata Purpura humilis


Pinaxia Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853 Type species : Pinaxia coronata Adams, A., 1851
*Pinaxia citrina *Pinaxia versicolor Pinaxia coronata


Plicopurpura Cossmann, A.E.M., 1903 Type species : Plicopurpura columellaris Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
*Plicopurpura columellaris Haustrum dentex *Plicopurpura eudeli *Plicopurpura patula patula
Haustrum tuberculatum *Plicopurpura patula pansa


Purpura Bruguière, J.G., 1789 Type species : Purpura persica Linnaeus, C., 1758
*Purpura aperta *Purpura bufo Mancinella bufo Purpura innotabilis
Purpura lischkei *Purpura panama Purpura rudolphi *Purpura persica
Purpura problematica

Purpura (Tritonalia) Type species : ?
Purpura (Tritonalia) infelix Murex fusiformis


Stramonita Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Type species : Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma Linnaeus, C., 1767
Stramonita bicostalis Stramonita carinifera *Stramonita chocolata Stramonita cruentata
*Stramonita delessertiana *Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma Thais (Thais) forbesii Thais (Thaisella) langi
Purpura oceanica Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma bulbosa (f) *Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma consul (f) *Stramonita haemastoma biserialis
*Stramonita haemastoma canaliculata *Stramonita haemastoma floridana *Stramonita gradata Purpura grateloupiana
Purpura trigonia *Stramonita mariae *Stramonita rustica Purpura bicarinata
Mancinella kieneri


Stramonita (Acanthais) Vermeij, G.J. & H.H. Kool, 1994 Type species : Stramonita (Acanthais) brevidentata Wood, W., 1828
*Stramonita (Acanthais) brevidentata


Stramonita (Agnewia) Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1878 Type species : Purpura typica Dunker, R.W.
*Stramonita (Agnewia) tritoniformis Stramonita (Agnewia) nautica Purpura tritoniformis levidensis Purpura typica

Stramonita (Taurasia) Bellardi, L., 1882 Type species : Stramonita (Taurasia) buccinea Deshayes, G.P., 1844
Stramonita (Taurasia) buccinea


Semiricinula Martens, E.C. von, 1903 Type species : Semiricinula muricina Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832
Semiricinula hadrolineae *Semiricinula marginatra Semiricinula muricina Murex brunneolabrum
Ergalatax foliacea Morula (Morula) marginata Semiricinula muricoides *Semiricinula turbinoides


Thais Röding, P.F., 1798 Type species : Thais (Thais) nodosa nodosa Linnaeus, C., 1758
*Thais ambustulatus *Thais armigera Purpura affinis *Thais bitubercularis
*Thais blanfordi *Thais capensis Thais nitida Thais peruensis
Thais pseudodiadema Thais scalaris Thais sitkana Thais squamosa
Drupella fusconigra Thais (Thaisella) infumata Thais stylmanberry *Thais tissoti
Thais wutingi


Thais (Thais) Röding, P.F., 1798 Type species : Thais (Thais) nodosa nodosa Linnaeus, C., 1758
Thais (Thais) bimaculata *Thais (Thais) callaoensis *Thais (Thais) castanea *Thais (Thais) deltoidea
*Thais (Thais) emarginula *Thais (Thais) jubilaea *Thais (Thais) malayensis *Thais (Thais) nodosa nodosa
Purpura ascensionensis Thais coronata Murex neritoideus *Thais (Thais) nodosa meretricula
Thais (Thais) floridana haysae Thais (Thais) pinangensis *Thais (Thais) rufotincta *Thais (Thais) sacellum
Murex rugosum *Thais (Thais) savignyi Thais (Thais) sertata *Thais (Thais) squamigera


Thais (Neorapana) Cooke, A.H., 1918 Type species : Thais (Neorapana) muricata Broderip, W.J., 1832
*Thais (Neorapana) grandis *Thais (Neorapana) muricata


Thais (Reishia) Kuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1971 Type species : ?
*Thais (Reishia) bronni *Thais (Reishia) clavigera Thais (Reishia) kyteistina Thais (Reishia) luteostoma


Thais (Thaisella) Clench, W.J., 1947 Type species : Thais (Thaisella) coronata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
*Thais (Thaisella) callifera *Thais (Thaisella) coronata *Thais (Thaisella) javanica *Thais (Thaisella) kiosquiformis
*Thais (Thaisella) lacera Thais (Thais) mutabilis *Thais (Thaisella) marginata *Thais (Thaisella) trinitatensis


Thais (Tribulus) Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853 Type species : ?
*Thais (Tribulus) planospira


Thais (Vasula) Mörch, O.A.L., 1860 Type species : Thais (Vasula) melones Duclos, P.L., 1832
*Thais (Vasula) melones


Vexilla Swainson, W.A., 1840 Type species : Vexilla picta Swainson, W.A.
Vexilla thaanumi *Vexilla variabilis *Vexilla vexillum Vexilla lineata
Vexilla picta Vexilla taeniata