APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily)
- Dog whelks and Sting winkles
Nucella
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common dog whelk
Ocenebra
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sting winkle or Oyster drill
Ocinebrina
Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Small sting-winkle
Urosalpinx
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)
- American sting winkle (non-native species)
Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily)
Rapana
Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Veined or Asian rapa whelk (non-native species)
Stramonita
Stramonita floridana (Conrad, 1837)
- Florida rock snail (non-native species)
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Red-mouthed rock shell (non-native species)
Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) >
Muricidae (Family) > Trophoninae (Subfamily)
- Little spindle shells
Boreotrophon
Boreotrophon truncatus (Ström, 1768)
- Ribbed spindle shell
Trophonopsis
Trophonopsis barvicensis (Johnston, 1825)
- Berwick spindle shell
Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
- Prickly spindle shell
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Other members of the Superfamily Muricoidea
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family)
Vexillum ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
- Ebony mitre (Balearic Islands)
Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Cystiscidae (Family) > Persiculinae (Subfamily)
Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginellinae (Subfamily)
Prunum apicinum (Menke, 1828)
- Common atlantic marginella (New York, USA)
Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Mitridae (Family)
Mitra nigra (Gmelin, 1791)
- Black Mitre (Canary Islands)
Muricoidea (Superfamily)> Muricidae (Family) > Muricinae (Subfamily)
Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846)
- Flowery or Lace murex (Florida, USA)
Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822)
- Thick-lipped Oyster Drill (New York, USA)
Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Rose or Cabbage Murex (S. California, USA)
Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Banded dye-murex (Spain)
Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily)
Hadriania craticulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 - A Muricid snail (Spain)
Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- A Muricid snail (Canary Islands)
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
- Festive murex or Rock shell (California, USA)
