NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Muricidae
  Order - Neogastropoda
  Subclass - Prosobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Murex fulvescens
      Species - Murex recurvirostris
      Species - Murex beauii
      Species - Murex cellulosa
      Species - Murex leviculus
      Species - Murex ciboney
      Species - Murex glyptus
      Species - Murex hidalgoi
      Species - Murex formosus