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Murex

genus of molluscs
Taxon Taxon Q311512

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muricinae[3]
Start time
-125450000-00-00T00:00:00Z[5]
Taxon name
Murex[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Murex ar مريق cs ostranka el μύρηξ fa صدف ارغوانی fa صدف فرفری he ארגמון ms Murex ms nunam ms siput batu ms siput nunam ms siput unam uk Мурекс zh 细刺骨螺属 zh 骨螺属
🔖 Identifiers · 30
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Murex pecten shell 3.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Murex
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300311514
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Murex
BOLD Systems taxon ID
174699
Catalogue of Life ID
7P9CD
EPPO Code
1MUREG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
58131
Fossilworks taxon ID
11385
Freebase ID
/m/028tm_
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2304422
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tornsnegler
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2238638
INaturalist taxon ID
50765
IRMNG ID
1028162
ITIS TSN
73356
J9U entity ID
987007553370005171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778488687
NBIC scientific name ID
206626
NCBI taxonomy ID
57630
Open Tree of Life ID
554630
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtvb5yPkXYYL
Plazi ID
457FB975-DF30-AB28-3D53-C5D670383611
Topic's main category
Category:Murex
UBio ID
502583
UMLS CUI
C1020278
UNII
B00Q3P06WV
WoRMS-ID for taxa
138196
Yale LUX ID
concept/eb7b812b-bb87-4ddf-b10d-86699703364d
ZooBank ID for name or act
635C8D7B-A8FE-4C90-86B6-4FB7C59B5784

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 21
Murex pecten, Murex tribulus, Murex trapa, Murex troscheli, Murex scolopax, Murex ternispina, Murex aduncospinosus, Murex africanus +13 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Muricinae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Murex
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Murex
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Summary

Murex is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Topic's main category → Category:Murex
    Parent taxon → Muricinae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007553370005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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