''Murexsul'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the subfamily

Muricopsinae Muricopsinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks within the large family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.Houart, R. (2010). Muricopsinae. In ...

of the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Murexsul'' include: *'' Murexsul aikeni'' Lussi, 2010 * '' Murexsul apollo'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2016 * '' Murexsul aradasii'' (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883) * '' Murexsul armatus'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Murexsul asper'' Houart, 2004 * '' Murexsul auratus'' Kuroda & Habe, 1971 * '' Murexsul bargibanti'' (Houart, 1991) * '' Murexsul cachoi'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2016 * '' Murexsul cevikeri'' (Houart, 2000) * '' Murexsul charcoti'' (Houart, 1991) * '' Murexsul chesleri'' Houart, 2006 * † '' Murexsul clifdenensis'' Finlay, 1930 * '' Murexsul coffeebayensis'' Lussi, 2010 * '' Murexsul cubacaribaensis'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2016 * '' Murexsul cuspidatus'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1879) * '' Murexsul diamantinus'' (Houart, 1991) * † '' Murexsul dilucidus'' Marwick, 1931 * '' Murexsul dipsacus'' (Broderip, 1833) * † '' Murexsul echinophorus'' Powell & Bartrum, 1929 * '' Murexsul eduardoi'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2018 * '' Murexsul elatensis'' (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979) * '' Murexsul emipowlusi'' (Abbott, 1954) * '' Murexsul espinosus'' (Hutton, 1885) * '' Murexsul harasewychi'' Petuch, 1987 * '' Murexsul huberti'' (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) * '' Murexsul ianlochi'' Houart, 1986 * '' Murexsul interserratus'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1879) * '' Murexsul jacquelinae'' Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969 * '' Murexsul jahami'' Merle & Garrigues, 2011 * '' Murexsul jaliscoensis'' (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1970) * '' Murexsul khareefae'' Houart & Moolenbeek, 2012 * '' Murexsul kieneri'' (Reeve, 1845) * '' Murexsul leonardi'' (Houart, 1993) * '' Murexsul mananteninaensis'' Houart & Héros, 2015 * '' Murexsul mariae'' Finlay, 1930 * † '' Murexsul marwicki'' Maxwell, 1971 * '' Murexsul mbotyiensis'' (Houart, 1991) * '' Murexsul merlei'' Houart & Héros, 2008 * '' Murexsul metivieri'' (Houart, 1988) * '' Murexsul micra'' (Houart, 2001) * '' Murexsul mildredae'' (Poorman, 1980) * † '' Murexsul minor'' Lozouet, 1999 * '' Murexsul multispinosus'' (Sowerby, 1904) * '' Murexsul nothokieneri'' Vokes, 1978 * '' Murexsul octogonus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) * '' Murexsul oxytatus'' (M. Smith, 1938) * '' Murexsul pacaudi'' Van Hyfte & Danvin, 2018 * '' Murexsul planiliratus'' (Reeve, 1845) * † '' Murexsul praegressus'' Finlay, 1930 * † '' Murexsul pregenitor'' Laws, 1935 * † '' Murexsul primigenius'' Merle & Pacaud, 2019 * † '' Murexsul proavitus'' Laws, 1935 * '' Murexsul profundus'' (Marshall & Burch, 2000) * '' Murexsul purpurispinus'' (Ponder, 1972) * '' Murexsul queenslandicus'' Houart, 2004 * '' Murexsul reunionensis'' Houart, 1985 * † '' Murexsul rostralis'' (Grateloup, 1847) * † '' Murexsul scobina'' Finlay, 1930 * '' Murexsul skoglundae'' (Myers, Hertz & D'Attilio, 1993) * '' Murexsul spiculus'' (Houart, 1987) * '' Murexsul sunderlandi'' (Petuch, 1987) * '' Murexsul tokubeii'' Nakamigawa & Habe, 1964 ** ''Murexsul tokubeii marianae'' (Houart, 2003) ** ''Murexsul tokubeii tokubeii'' Nakamigawa & Habe, 1964 * '' Murexsul tulensis'' (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) * '' Murexsul valae'' (Houart, 1991) * '' Murexsul warreni'' (Petuch, 1993) * '' Murexsul zonatus'' Hayashi & Habe, 1965 * '' Murexsul zylmanae'' (Petuch, 1993) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Murexsul conatus'' McMichael, 1964: synonym of '' Hexaplex conatus'' (McMichael, 1964) (original combination) * ''Murexsul cuvierensis'' Finlay, 1927: synonym of '' Murexsul octogonus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) * ''Murexsul hexagonus'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of '' Murexsul pacaudi'' Van Hyfte & Danvin, 2018 * † ''Murexsul lividorupis'' Laws, 1935: synonym of † '' Coralliophila lividorupis'' (Laws, 1935) (original combination) * † ''Murexsul tepikiensis'' Powell, 1934: synonym of ''

Coralliophila mira ''Coralliophila mira'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Coralliophila mira'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) * ''Murexsul westonensis'' (Myers & D'Attilio, 1990): synonym of '' Muricopsis westonensis'' B. W. Myers & D'Attilio, 1990 * ''Murexsul zeteki'' (Hertlein & Strong, 1951): synonym of '' Muricopsis zeteki'' Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

References

External links

Iredale T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497
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