Muricopsis
Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Muricopsis : [1]
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) annobonensis Houart & Rolán, 2001
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) chiarae Bozzetti, 1991
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) delemarrei Houart, 2005
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) ghisottii Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gilbertharrisi (Weisbord, 1962)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gofasi Houart, 1993
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) haidari Houart, 2003
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) hernandezi Rolán & Gori, 2007
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) josei Vokes, 1994
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) marcusi Vokes, 1994
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) matildeae Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) mcleani Wiedrick, 2009
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana (Pilsbry, 1900)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) omanensis Smythe & Oliver, 1986
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) perexigua (Vokes, 1994)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) principensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila (Reeve, 1846)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) seminolensis Vokes & Houart, 1986
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga discissus Houart, 1990
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
- Muricopsis (Muricopsis) testorii Houart & Gori, 2008
- Muricopsis (Risomurex) Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- Species brought into synonymy
- Muricopsis angolensis Odhner : synonym of Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis aradasii (Poirier, 1883) : synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
- Muricopsis blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826) : synonym of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristatus (Brocchi, 1814)
- Muricopsis diadema (Aradas & Benoit, 1876) : synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
- Muricopsis mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : synonym of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutilus mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
- Muricopsis medicago (Watson, 1897) : 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) [2]
- Muricopsis ednae (M. Smith, 1940) : synonym of Murexsul interserratus (Sowerby, 1879) [3]
- Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886) : synonym of Murexsul espinosus Hutton, 1886 [4]
- 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) [6]
- Muricopsis planilirata (Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845) [7]
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