Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Aspellinae

Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Murex (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 synonym
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 synonym

Children

Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
Muricopsis ghisottii Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008

Literature

taxonomy source

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138198

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-07-21 by Philippe Bouchet

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