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Muricidae

family of gastropods
Taxon Taxon Q927389

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muricoidea[2]
Taxon common name
Stekelhorens e.a., Stachelschnecken, Purpurschnecken[4][5][6]
Taxon name
Muricidae[3]
Taxon rank
family[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Muricidae ar مريقيات de Muricidae de Stachelschnecken el μουρικίδες el Muricidae fa حلزون‌های خاردار fi piikkikotilot he ארגמוניים hu Muricidae hu tüskéscsigák ja アッキガイ科 ja アクキガイ ko 뿔소라과 ms nunam pl Muricidae pl Rozkolcowate ru Иглянки sv Muricidae sv Purpursnäckor
🔖 Identifiers · 39
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85088627
GND ID
4176414-6
OpenAlex ID
C2779006894
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Muricanthus nigritus (2767826318).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Muricidae
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300389904
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Muricidae
BNCF Thesaurus ID
4386
BOLD Systems taxon ID
600
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12312680s
Catalogue of Life ID
7NJW5
Dewey Decimal Classification
594.3
Show all 39 identifiers +27
Dyntaxa ID
2000607
EPPO Code
1MUREF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
2461
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/murex-mollusk-family
Fossilworks taxon ID
61223
Freebase ID
/m/03hqdt
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2304120
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
muricids
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0274299
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1999572
INaturalist taxon ID
50766
IRMNG ID
106541
ITIS TSN
73236
J9U entity ID
987007553208605171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779006894
Museum-digital tag ID
10152
NALT ID
196480
NBIC scientific name ID
109159
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0021055824
NCBI taxonomy ID
39476
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
137457
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
e3853be0-6579-499e-af76-96896b953400
Open Tree of Life ID
426502
Topic's main category
Category:Muricidae
UMLS CUI
C1082275
WoRMS-ID for taxa
148
Yale LUX ID
concept/133a4be3-4e2f-4a4d-bb7e-8e79039ec7fb

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 84
Chicoreus, Nucella, Haustellum, Pterynotus, Acanthina, Muricinae, Ocenebra, Thais +76 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Muricoidea
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Muricidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Muricidae
← Field of work 1
Emily H. Vokes
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Muricoidea
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → family
    Topic's main category → Category:Muricidae
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007553208605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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