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Taxon: Superfamily Muricacea de Costa, 1776 (mollusc)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
           Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
             Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
               Order Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938 see Suborder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
                 Superfamily Muricacea de Costa, 1776 see Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
                   01 Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 - drills
                   02 Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 see Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
                   03 Family Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928 see Subfamily Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928
                   04 Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
                   05 Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840 - dove snails
                   06 Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) - mud snails
                   07 Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) - whelks
                   08 Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853 - tulip snails
                   09 Family Colubrariidae Dall, 1904
                   10 Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 - volutes
                   11 Family Olivadae see Family Olividae Latreille, 1825
                   11 Family Olividae Latreille, 1825 - olive snails
                   12 Family Harpidae Bronn, 1849 - harp snails
                   13 Family Vasidae Adams & Adams, 1853 (1840) see Subfamily Vasinae Adams & Adams, 1853 (1840)
                   14 Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 - marginellas
                   15 Family Mitridae Swainson, 1829 - miter snails
                   16 Family Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 - false mitres
                   17 Family Vexillidae Thiele, 1929 see Family Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860

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