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

Aspellinae Keen, 1971

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971 synonym

Children

Aspella Mörch, 1877
Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890
Favartia Jousseaume, 1880
Murexsul Iredale, 1915
Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

Literature

original description

Keen A.M. (1971). Two new supraspecific taxa in the Gastropoda. The Veliger. 13(3), 296.

source of synonymy

Russini, V.; Fassio, G.; Nocella, E.; Houart, R.; Barco, A.; Puillandre, N.; Lozouet, P.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Whelks, rock-snails, and allied: a new phylogenetic framework for the family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The European Zoological Journal. 90(2): 856-868.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspellinae Keen, 1971. 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:550088

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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

2024-01-04 by Philippe Bouchet

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