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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 200000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Muricidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 200 Muricidae (gastropods) - show full list Common Name: murex shells Common Names List: dog whelks oyster drills Organism Type: a gastropod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Estuarine Marine unspecified Child Codes: 24 200902     Muricidae: Coralliophilinae 24 200905     Muricidae: Ergalataxinae 24 200906     Muricidae: Haustrinae 24 200904     Muricidae: Muricinae 24 200908     Muricidae: Muricopsinae 24 200900     Muricidae: Pagodulinae 24 200903     Muricidae: Rapaninae 24 200907     Muricidae: Tripterotyphinae 24 200901     Muricidae: Trophoninae 24 200909     Muricidae: Typhinae

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Taxon Notes:	Following Wilson (1994) and other authors, these subfamilies are included in this family:- Coralliophilinae, Ergalataxinae, Haustrinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Rapaninae (= Thaidinae), Tripterotyphinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, some of which have been given full family status by other authors.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d2e7b9ba-0ffd-42b9-845f-214c83763e75 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia Cleveland M2030400 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-09-08 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.