Muricidae
Phycothais reticulata (Blainville, 1832)
Phycothais reticulata (Blainville, 1832)
Phycothais reticulata is a 16.8 mm sea snail found in the Red Sea, Australia, and off Tasmania.
Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)
Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)
Reishia clavigera is a murex sea snail that can act as an indicator of heavy metal environmental contamination.
Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
Nassa serta is a carnivorous scavenging snail with a textured shell found across the Indo-Pacific region.
Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
Indothais lacera is a marine snail species with adult shells 30–57 mm, found across several Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean regions.
Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
Vexilla vexillum, the vexillum rock snail, is a marine gastropod mollusk in the murex/rock snail family Muricidae.
Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Drupa ricinus is a predatory tropical Indo-Pacific marine snail that hunts prey by drilling holes in their shells.
Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832) is a species with 11–35 mm shells, found across the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Western Pacific.
Morula uva (Röding, 1798)
Morula uva (Röding, 1798)
Morula uva is an Indo-Pacific marine gastropod whose shells are widely used for ornamental and craft purposes.
Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
Ergalatax contracta is a marine species with shells 20–45 mm, found across multiple oceans and invasive in the Mediterranean.
Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)
Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)
Drupella cornus is a coral-eating marine snail that can damage reef coral cover, found across the Indo-Pacific region.
Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
The shouldered castor bean, Drupella margariticola, is a species of murex marine gastropod sea snail.
Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
Cronia aurantiaca is a species of murex sea snail found in the Southern Pacific Ocean off Australia.
Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846)
Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846)
Cronia avellana is a species of marine gastropod mollusk sea snail in the family Muricidae.
Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833)
Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833)
Maculotriton is a monotypic sea snail genus in Muricidae, with its only accepted species being Maculotriton serriale.
Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Oppomorus noduliferus is a marine snail species with characteristic shell features found in Western Pacific waters.
Oppomorus purpureocinctus (Preston, 1909)
Oppomorus purpureocinctus (Preston, 1909)
Oppomorus purpureocinctus is a muricid marine gastropod sea snail found off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Poirieria zelandica is a species found in Tasmania and New Zealand, with distinctive fusiform spiny shells.
Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
Xymene plebeius is a species of marine murex sea snail that occurs off New Zealand.
Zeatrophon ambiguus (R.A.Philippi, 1844)
Zeatrophon ambiguus (R.A.Philippi, 1844)
Zeatrophon ambiguus is an endemic New Zealand marine sea snail species with a shell reaching up to 56 mm long.
Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Murex trapa is a moderately large spiny sea snail with a wide distribution across Indo-West Pacific sandy demersal habitats.
Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex brevispina, the Short-spined murex, is a large predatory sea snail species in the murex snail family Muricidae with multiple accepted subspecies.
Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846)
Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846)
Chicoreus florifer is a muricid sea snail species with a distinctively ornamented shell found in Western Atlantic waters.
Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811)
Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811)
Chicoreus denudatus is a marine snail species found off eastern Australia, with adult shells 25–75 mm long.
Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
Chicoreus brunneus is a widespread Indo-West Pacific sea snail with adult shells between 25 mm and 115 mm long.
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