Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Sorbeoconcha - (Family) Muricidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Muricinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Subsequent entries

Murex brandaris Linnaeus, 1758
Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758
Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Muricinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 134.

Alternative positions

Muricidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 340.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1213.

Historical positions

Muricidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 340.
Muricidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 192.
Muricinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 134.
Muricidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neogastropoda (Order) Wenz, 1938	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Muricinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 366.
Gastropoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Muricinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1014; 967.
Neogastropoda (Order) Wenz, 1938	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1213.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 746. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	25s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[59s;5v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[59s;5v]