Muricopsis
Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the rock snail family, Muricidae.[1]
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| Apertural view the shell of Muricopsis necocheana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Muricopsis :[2]
- Muricopsis annobonensis Houart & Rolán, 2001
- Muricopsis caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
- Muricopsis carnicolor Bozzetti, 2009
- Muricopsis chiarae Bozzetti, 1991
- Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846)
- Muricopsis delemarrei Houart, 2005
- Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Muricopsis ghisottii Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008
- Muricopsis gilbertharrisi (Weisbord, 1962)
- Muricopsis gofasi Houart, 1993
- Muricopsis gorii Houart, 2012
- Muricopsis guadalupensis Garrigues & Merle, 2014
- Muricopsis haidari Houart, 2003
- Muricopsis hernandezi Rolán & Gori, 2007
- Muricopsis honkeri Petuch, 2013
- Muricopsis hubrechti Bozzetti, 2018
- Muricopsis josei Vokes, 1994
- Muricopsis marcusi Vokes, 1994
- Muricopsis matildeae Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis mcleani Wiedrick, 2009
- Muricopsis necocheana (Pilsbry, 1900)
- Muricopsis omanensis Smythe & Oliver, 1986
- Muricopsis pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854)
- Muricopsis perexigua Vokes, 1994
- Muricopsis principensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846)
- Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)
- Muricopsis schrammi (Crosse, 1863)
- Muricopsis seminolensis Vokes & Houart, 1986
- Muricopsis suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)
- Muricopsis taupini Garrigues, 2016
- Muricopsis testorii Houart & Gori, 2008
- Muricopsis westonensis Myers & D'Attilio, 1990
- Muricopsis withrowi Vokes & Houart, 1986
- Muricopsis zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
- Species brought into synonymy
- Muricopsis angolensis: synonym of Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis aradasii: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
- Muricopsis blainvillii: synonym of Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis diadema: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
- Muricopsis ianlochi: synonym of Murexsul ianlochi (Houart, 1987)
- Muricopsis mariangelae: synonym of Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis medicago: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use (those not mentioned here can be found in the genera Murexsul, Favartia and Rolandiella) [3]
- Muricopsis ednae (M. Smith, 1940) : synonym of Murexsul interserratus (Sowerby, 1879) [4]
- Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886) : synonym of Murexsul espinosus Hutton, 1886 [5]
- Muricopsis espinosus mariae (Finlay, 1930) : synonym of Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930 [6]
- Muricopsis oliverai Kosuge, 1984 : synonym of Poirieria (Flexopteron) oliverai (Kosuge, 1984)
- Muricopsis oxytata (M. Smith, 1938) - hexagonal murex : synonym of Murexsul oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938) [7]
- Muricopsis planilirata (Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845) [8]
References
- Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
- WoRMS : Muricopsis
- OBIS : Muricopsis
- WoRMS : Murex ednae M. Smith, 1940
- OBIS : Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886)
- WoRMS : Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
- WoRMS : Murex hexagonus var. oxytata M. Smith, 1938
- WoRMS : Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)
- "Muricopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
- Houart R. (2012) Description of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gorii (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from southern São Tomé. Novapex 13(1): 37-41. [10 March 2012]
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