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Family: Muricidae purpuras, murex and rock shells (See list of species below)

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415 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aspella anceps []	No picture found Aspella media []	Aspella producta [Elongate Aspella]
No picture found Aspella schroederi []	No picture found Attiliosa caledonica []	Attiliosa nodulifera []
No picture found Attiliosa noduliferus []	No picture found Attiliosa ruthae []	No picture found Babelomurex armatus []
No picture found Babelomurex carinifenoides []	No picture found Babelomurex centimanus []	No picture found Babelomurex couturieri []
No picture found Babelomurex deburghiae []	No picture found Babelomurex diadema []	No picture found Babelomurex echinatus []
No picture found Babelomurex fearnleyi []	No picture found Babelomurex finchii []	No picture found Babelomurex habui []
No picture found Babelomurex hirasei []	No picture found Babelomurex indicus []	No picture found Babelomurex japonicus []
No picture found Babelomurex kawamurai []	No picture found Babelomurex kinoshitai []	No picture found Babelomurex lischkeanus []
No picture found Babelomurex longispinosus []	No picture found Babelomurex miyokoae []	No picture found Babelomurex nagahorii []
No picture found Babelomurex nakamigawai []	No picture found Babelomurex nakayasui []	No picture found Babelomurex princeps []
No picture found Babelomurex problematicus []	No picture found Babelomurex purpuratus []	No picture found Babelomurex ricinuloides []
No picture found Babelomurex spinaerosae []	No picture found Babelomurex spinosus []	No picture found Babelomurex tosanus []
No picture found Babelomurex tuberosus []	No picture found Babelomurex wormaldi []	No picture found Babelomurex yumimarumai []
Bedeva blosvillei []	No picture found Carolliobia robillardi []	Chicomurex laciniatus [Lacinate murex]
No picture found Chicomurex problematica []	No picture found Chicomurex problematicus []	No picture found Chicomurex superbus [Superb murex]
No picture found Chicomurex venustulus []	Chicoreus aculeatus [Pendant murex]	No picture found Chicoreus akritos []
No picture found Chicoreus alabaster []	No picture found Chicoreus artemis []	Chicoreus asianus []
No picture found Chicoreus axicornis [Axicornis murex]	Chicoreus banksii [Bank's murex]	Chicoreus brunneus [Adusta murex]
No picture found Chicoreus bundharmai []	Chicoreus capucinus [Mangrove murex]	Chicoreus celinamarumai []
Chicoreus cnissodus []	No picture found Chicoreus dodongi []	Chicoreus laciniatus []
No picture found Chicoreus microphyllus [Curly murex]	No picture found Chicoreus mocki []	Chicoreus nobilis [Noble murex]
No picture found Chicoreus onchidiflorus []	No picture found Chicoreus orchidiflorus []	No picture found Chicoreus orchidoflorus []
No picture found Chicoreus ordidilorus []	Chicoreus palmarosae [Rose-branch murex]	Chicoreus penchinati []
Chicoreus ramosus [Ramose murex]	No picture found Chicoreus rosarius []	No picture found Chicoreus rossiteri [Rossiter's murex]
Chicoreus rubiginosus []	Chicoreus saltatrix []	Chicoreus saulii []
Chicoreus strigatus []	Chicoreus superbus []	No picture found Chicoreus territus [Territory murex]
Chicoreus torrefactus [Fireband murex]	No picture found Chicoreus trigonulus []	No picture found Chicoreus triquetra [Triquetra murex]
No picture found Chicoreus venustulus []	No picture found Clivipollia fragaria []	No picture found Clivipollia pulcher []
No picture found Clivipollia recurva []	No picture found Clivipollia wagneri []	No picture found Conchatalos canalibrevis []
No picture found Conchatalos lacrima []	No picture found Conchatalos tirardi []	No picture found Conchatalos vaubani []
No picture found Coralliophila abnormis []	No picture found Coralliophila amirantium []	Coralliophila bulbiformis []
No picture found Coralliophila caroleae []	No picture found Coralliophila clathrata []	Coralliophila costularis []
No picture found Coralliophila elvirae []	No picture found Coralliophila erosa [South seas coral shell]	No picture found Coralliophila fimbriata []
No picture found Coralliophila infantula []	No picture found Coralliophila mallicki []	No picture found Coralliophila mitraeforma []
Coralliophila neritoidea [Purple coral shell]	No picture found Coralliophila nivea []	No picture found Coralliophila pulchella []
No picture found Coralliophila pyritormis []	No picture found Coralliophila radula [Pear-shaped coral shell]	No picture found Coralliophila rubrococcinea []
No picture found Coralliophila solutistoma []	No picture found Coralliophila squamosissima []	No picture found Coralliophila squamulosa []
No picture found Coralliophila suduirauti []	Coralliophila violacea []	No picture found Cronia fenestrata []
No picture found Cronia fiscella []	No picture found Cronia funiculus []	Cronia margariticola []
No picture found Cytharamorula eximius []	No picture found Cytharomorula lefevreiana []	No picture found Cytharomorula paucimaculata []
No picture found Cytharomorula pinguis []	No picture found Cytharomorula springsteeni []	No picture found Cytharomorula vexillum []
No picture found Dermomurex bobyini []	No picture found Dermomurex neglecta []	No picture found Dermomurex neglectus []
No picture found Drupa clathrata [Clathrate drupe]	Drupa morum [Purple Pacific drupe]	Drupa ricinus [Prickly Pacific drupe]
Drupa rubusidaeus [Strawberry drupe]	No picture found Drupella cariosa []	Drupella cornus [Horn drupe]
No picture found Drupella fragum []	No picture found Drupella gibba []	No picture found Drupella margariticola []
Drupella ochrostoma []	Drupella rugosa [Rugose drupe]	Drupina grossularia [Digitate Pacific drupe]
Ergalatax contracta [Contracted rock shell]	No picture found Ergalatax dattilioi []	No picture found Ergalatax margariticola [Shouldered castor bean]
No picture found Favartia balteata []	Favartia brevicula []	No picture found Favartia cirrosa []
No picture found Favartia conleyi []	No picture found Favartia dondani []	Favartia dorothyae []
No picture found Favartia guamensis []	No picture found Favartia jeanae []	No picture found Favartia judithae []
No picture found Favartia leonae []	No picture found Favartia mactanensis []	No picture found Favartia maculata []
No picture found Favartia parthi []	No picture found Favartia peasei []	No picture found Favartia pelepili []
No picture found Favartia peregrina []	No picture found Favartia philcioveri []	No picture found Favartia ponderi []
No picture found Favartia rosamiae []	Favartia salmonea []	No picture found Favartia tetragona []
No picture found Galeropsis monodonta []	No picture found Gemixystus leptos []	No picture found Gemixystus rippangalei []
No picture found Habromorula ambrosia []	Habromorula biconica [Biconic rock shell]	No picture found Habromorula dumosa []
No picture found Habromorula lepida []	No picture found Habromorula spinosa []	No picture found Haustellum dentifer []
Haustellum gallinago []	Haustellum haustellum [Snipe's bill murex]	No picture found Haustellum kiiensis [Kii murex]
No picture found Haustellum kurodai []	No picture found Haustellum mindanaoensis []	No picture found Haustellum multiplicatus []
No picture found Haustellum rectirostris [Hen murex]	No picture found Haustellum vicdani []	Hexaplex cichoreum [Endive murex]
No picture found Hirtomurex filiaregis []	No picture found Hirtomurex oyamai []	No picture found Hirtomurex teramachii []
No picture found Hirtomurex winckworthi []	No picture found Homalacantha anatomica []	No picture found Homalocantha anomaliae [Anomalous murex]
No picture found Homalocantha dondani []	No picture found Homalocantha granpoderi []	No picture found Homalocantha ninae []
No picture found Homalocantha pisori []	Homalocantha scorpio [Scorpion murex]	Homalocantha zamboi [Zambo's murex]
Indothais blanfordi []	Indothais lacera [Carinate rock shell]	No picture found Indothais malayensis []
No picture found Lataxiena fimbriata [Fimbriate false latiaxis]	No picture found Latiaxis celinamarumai []	No picture found Latiaxis cristatus []
No picture found Latiaxis deburghiae []	No picture found Latiaxis dunkeri []	No picture found Latiaxis eugeniae []
No picture found Latiaxis fearnleyi []	No picture found Latiaxis fruticosus []	No picture found Latiaxis gemmatus []
No picture found Latiaxis gyratus []	No picture found Latiaxis japonicus []	No picture found Latiaxis kawamurai []
No picture found Latiaxis kiranus []	No picture found Latiaxis latipinnatus []	No picture found Latiaxis mawae []
No picture found Latiaxis mucatanica []	No picture found Latiaxis pagodus [Pagoda latiaxis]	No picture found Latiaxis pilsbryi [Pilsbry's Latiaxis]
No picture found Latiaxis pisori []	No picture found Latiaxis purpuraterminus []	No picture found Latiaxis purpuratus []
No picture found Latiaxis shingomarumai []	No picture found Latiaxis takahashii []	No picture found Leptoconchus lamarckii [Lamarck's coral-shell]
No picture found Leptoconchus peronii []	No picture found Leptotrophon acerapex []	No picture found Leptotrophon bernadettae []
No picture found Leptotrophon biocalae []	No picture found Leptotrophon caledonicus []	No picture found Leptotrophon caroae []
No picture found Leptotrophon charcoti []	No picture found Leptotrophon coralensis []	No picture found Leptotrophon coriolis []
No picture found Leptotrophon inaequalis []	No picture found Leptotrophon levii []	No picture found Leptotrophon lineorugosus []
No picture found Leptotrophon marshalli []	No picture found Leptotrophon metivieri []	No picture found Leptotrophon minirotundus []
No picture found Leptotrophon minispinosus []	No picture found Leptotrophon musorstomae []	No picture found Leptotrophon protocarinatus []
No picture found Leptotrophon richeri []	No picture found Leptotrophon rigidus []	No picture found Leptotrophon spinacutus []
No picture found Leptotrophon surprisensis []	No picture found Leptotrophon turritellatus []	No picture found Leptotrophon virginiae []
No picture found Litozamia tropis []	No picture found Maculotriton bracteatus []	Maculotriton serriale []
No picture found Magilus antiquus [Burrowing coral-shell]	Mancinella alouina [Alou rock shell]	No picture found Mancinella armigera []
No picture found Marchia bipinnata []	No picture found Marchia elongata []	No picture found Marchia laqueata []
Marchia martinetana []	No picture found Marchia triptera []	No picture found Menathais intermedia [Intermediate rock shell]
No picture found Mipus crebrilamellosus []	No picture found Mipus eugeniae []	No picture found Mipus gyratus []
No picture found Mipus intermedius []	No picture found Mipus matsumotoi []	No picture found Mipus miyukiae []
No picture found Mipus ovoideus []	No picture found Monstrotyphis montforti []	No picture found Morula angulata []
No picture found Morula aspera []	No picture found Morula bicatenata []	No picture found Morula ceylonica []
No picture found Morula chaidea []	No picture found Morula dichrous []	Morula echinata []
No picture found Morula funicula []	No picture found Morula fusca []	No picture found Morula mutica []
No picture found Morula nodicostata []	No picture found Morula nodiscotata []	No picture found Morula nodulifera [Nodulated rock shell]
Morula parva []	No picture found Morula porphyrostoma []	No picture found Morula purpureocincta []
No picture found Morula rodgersi []	Morula spinosa []	No picture found Morula squamosa []
No picture found Morula striata []	Morula uva []	Murex aduncospinosus []
No picture found Murex altispira []	No picture found Murex brevispina [Short-spinned murex]	No picture found Murex carbonnieri []
No picture found Murex falsitribulus []	No picture found Murex mindanoensis []	No picture found Murex nigrispinosus []
No picture found Murex occa []	Murex pecten [Venus comb murex]	No picture found Murex philippinensis []
No picture found Murex spectabilis []	Murex tenuirostrum []	Murex ternispina [Black-spined murex]
Murex trapa [Rarespined murex]	Murex tribulus [Caltrop murex]	No picture found Murex troscheli [Troschel's Murex]
No picture found Murexiella balteata []	No picture found Murexiella judithae []	No picture found Murexiella martini []
No picture found Murexiella pelepili []	No picture found Murexsul tokubeii []	No picture found Muricodrupa anaxares []
No picture found Muricodrupa fenestrata []	Muricodrupa fiscella [Little basket drupe]	No picture found Muricodrupa funiculus []
No picture found Muricodrupa triangulatus [Triangular trophon]	Naquetia barclayi [Barclay's murex]	No picture found Naquetia capucina []
No picture found Naquetia cumingii [Cuming's murex]	No picture found Naquetia trigonula []	No picture found Naquetia triqueter [Three angled murex]
Nassa francolina [Francolina jopas]	Nassa serta [Wreath jopas]	No picture found Nassa trancolina []
No picture found Neothais marginatra [Marginate drupe]	No picture found Orania archaea []	No picture found Orania bimucronata []
No picture found Orania corallina []	No picture found Orania ficula []	No picture found Orania gaskelli []
No picture found Orania mixta []	No picture found Orania nodosa []	No picture found Orania pacifica []
No picture found Orania pleurotomoides []	No picture found Orania rosea []	No picture found Orania serotina []
No picture found Orania walkeri []	No picture found Pagodula multigrada []	No picture found Pagodula plicilaminata []
No picture found Pascula benedicta []	No picture found Pascula darrosensis []	No picture found Pascula lefevriana []
No picture found Pascula muricata []	Pascula ochrostoma []	No picture found Pazinotus falcatiformis []
No picture found Pazinotus olivenai []	No picture found Pazinotus sibogae []	No picture found Phyllocoma convoluta [Convoluted false triton]
No picture found Phyllocoma convolutum []	Pinaxia versicolor []	No picture found Poirieria poppei []
No picture found Poirieria zelandica [Spiny murex]	Pteropurpura adunca []	No picture found Pterymarchia aparrii []
No picture found Pterymarchia bibbeyi []	Pterynotus alatus [Pinnate murex]	No picture found Pterynotus barclayanus []
Pterynotus bibbeyi []	No picture found Pterynotus bipinnatus []	No picture found Pterynotus concavopterus []
Pterynotus elongatus [Clavus murex]	No picture found Pterynotus laurae []	No picture found Pterynotus loebbeckei []
No picture found Pterynotus martinetana []	Pterynotus miyokoae []	No picture found Pterynotus pellucidus [Pellucid murex]
No picture found Pterynotus pinnatus []	Pterynotus tripterus []	No picture found Pterynotus vespertilio []
Purpura panama [Rudolph's purpura]	Purpura persica [Persian purpura]	No picture found Quoyola madreporarum []
No picture found Rapa incurva []	No picture found Rapa rapa [Papery rapa]	Rapana bezoar [Bezoar rapana]
Rapana rapiformis [Turnish shaped rapa]	Reishia clavigera [Korean common dogwhelk]	No picture found Rhizochilus antipathum []
No picture found Semiricinula fusca []	No picture found Semiricinula manginatra []	No picture found Semiricinula turbinoides []
No picture found Siphonochelus japonicus []	Siratus pliciferoides []	No picture found Siratus vicdani []
No picture found Spinidrupa euracantha [Spiny rock shell]	No picture found Spinidrupa spinosa []	Tenguella granulata [Granular drupe]
Tenguella musiva [Musical drupe]	Thais armigera [Belligerent rock shell]	No picture found Thais bitubercularis []
No picture found Thais buccinea []	Thais bufo [Toad purpura]	No picture found Thais distinguenda []
Thais echinata [Blainville's spiny rock-shell]	No picture found Thais echinulata [Lamarck's spiny rock-shell]	No picture found Thais gradata [Drill]
No picture found Thais grossa []	No picture found Thais javanica []	Thais jubilaea []
No picture found Thais kieneri []	Thais mancinella [Mancinella rock-shell]	No picture found Thais muricoides []
Thais rufotincta []	No picture found Thais rugosa []	Thais tuberosa [Tuberose rock shell]
No picture found Thais virgata []	Thalessa aculeata [Aculeate rock shell]	No picture found Tylothais savignyi []
No picture found Typhina campbelli []	No picture found Typhina ramosa []	No picture found Typhinellus occlussus []
No picture found Typhinellus occlusus []	Vexilla vexillum [Vexillate jopas]	Vitularia crenifer [Crenate vitularia]
Vitularia miliaris [Spotted vitularia]	No picture found Vokesimurex bantamensis []	No picture found Vokesimurex bobyini []
Vokesimurex dolichourus []	No picture found Vokesimurex gallinago []	No picture found Vokesimurex hirasei []
No picture found Vokesimurex mindanaoensis []

415 Species of Family Muricidae
(purpuras, murex and rock shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aspella anceps		Western Central Pacific a
Aspella media		Western Central Pacific
Aspella producta	Elongate Aspella	Indo-Pacific
Aspella schroederi		Western Central Pacific
Attiliosa caledonica		Central Pacific
Attiliosa nodulifera		Western Central Pacific	3.2 ShH
Attiliosa noduliferus		Western Central Pacific
Attiliosa ruthae		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex armatus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex carinifenoides		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex centimanus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex couturieri		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex deburghiae		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex diadema		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex echinatus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex fearnleyi		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex finchii		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex habui		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex hirasei		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex indicus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex japonicus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex kawamurai		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex kinoshitai		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex lischkeanus		Indo-Pacific.
Babelomurex longispinosus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex miyokoae		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex nagahorii		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex nakamigawai		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex nakayasui		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex princeps		Indo-West Pacific
Babelomurex problematicus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex purpuratus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex ricinuloides		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex spinaerosae		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex spinosus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex tosanus		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex tuberosus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 SHL
Babelomurex wormaldi		Western Central Pacific
Babelomurex yumimarumai		Western Central Pacific
Bedeva blosvillei		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Carolliobia robillardi		Western Central Pacific
Chicomurex laciniatus	Lacinate murex	Indo-Pacific
Chicomurex problematica		Western Central Pacific
Chicomurex problematicus		Western Pacific.
Chicomurex superbus	Superb murex	Western Pacific.
Chicomurex venustulus		Pacific Ocean.
Chicoreus aculeatus	Pendant murex	Indo-West Pacific
Chicoreus akritos		Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus alabaster		Western Pacific.	22 ShH
Chicoreus artemis		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Chicoreus asianus		Northwest Pacific
Chicoreus axicornis	Axicornis murex	Indo-West Pacific.
Chicoreus banksii	Bank's murex	Indo-West Pacific.
Chicoreus brunneus	Adusta murex	Indo-Pacific	11.5 SHL
Chicoreus bundharmai		Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus capucinus	Mangrove murex	Western Central Pacific	9 ShH
Chicoreus celinamarumai		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Chicoreus cnissodus		Western Pacific	7.5 ShH
Chicoreus dodongi		Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus laciniatus		Western Central Pacific	6.5 ShH
Chicoreus microphyllus	Curly murex	Indo-West Pacific.
Chicoreus mocki		Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus nobilis	Noble murex	Indo-West Pacific	6 ShH
Chicoreus onchidiflorus		Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus orchidiflorus		Central Pacific
Chicoreus orchidoflorus		Indo-West Pacific.
Chicoreus ordidilorus		Western Central Pacific	4 TL
Chicoreus palmarosae	Rose-branch murex	Indo-West Pacific
Chicoreus penchinati		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Chicoreus ramosus	Ramose murex	Indo-Pacific.	33 SHL
Chicoreus rosarius		Western Central Pacific	12.5 ShH
Chicoreus rossiteri	Rossiter's murex	Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus rubiginosus		Western Central Pacific	10 ShH
Chicoreus saltatrix		Western Central Pacific	7 ShH
Chicoreus saulii		Indo-West Pacific
Chicoreus strigatus		Pacific Ocean.
Chicoreus superbus		Western Central Pacific	7.5 ShH
Chicoreus territus	Territory murex	Western Central Pacific
Chicoreus torrefactus	Fireband murex	Indo-West Pacific	14 SHL
Chicoreus trigonulus		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Chicoreus triquetra	Triquetra murex	Western Central Pacific	7 ShH
Chicoreus venustulus		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Clivipollia fragaria		Western Central Pacific
Clivipollia pulcher		Central Pacific.
Clivipollia recurva		Western Central Pacific
Clivipollia wagneri		Western Central Pacific
Conchatalos canalibrevis		Western Central Pacific
Conchatalos lacrima		Western Central Pacific
Conchatalos tirardi		Western Central Pacific
Conchatalos vaubani		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila abnormis		Central Pacific
Coralliophila amirantium		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila bulbiformis		Western Pacific.
Coralliophila caroleae		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila clathrata		Central Pacific
Coralliophila costularis		Indo-Pacific.
Coralliophila elvirae		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Coralliophila erosa	South seas coral shell	Indo-Pacific and Western
Coralliophila fimbriata		Pacific Ocean.
Coralliophila infantula		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila mallicki		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila mitraeforma		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila neritoidea	Purple coral shell	Indo-West Pacific.	4 ShH
Coralliophila nivea		Western Pacific
Coralliophila pulchella		Central Pacific
Coralliophila pyritormis		Western Central Pacific	5 TL
Coralliophila radula	Pear-shaped coral shell	Indo-West Pacific
Coralliophila rubrococcinea		Indo-West Pacific
Coralliophila solutistoma		Western Pacific	2.5 SHL
Coralliophila squamosissima		Indo-West Pacific.
Coralliophila squamulosa		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila suduirauti		Western Central Pacific
Coralliophila violacea		Indo Pacific. Tropical a
Cronia fenestrata		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Cronia fiscella		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Cronia funiculus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Cronia margariticola		Indo-Pacific.
Cytharamorula eximius		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH
Cytharomorula lefevreiana		Central Pacific
Cytharomorula paucimaculata		Central Pacific
Cytharomorula pinguis		Western Central Pacific
Cytharomorula springsteeni		Central Pacific
Cytharomorula vexillum		Western Central Pacific
Dermomurex bobyini		Western Central Pacific
Dermomurex neglecta		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Dermomurex neglectus		Western Central Pacific
Drupa clathrata	Clathrate drupe	Central Pacific.
Drupa morum	Purple Pacific drupe	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a
Drupa ricinus	Prickly Pacific drupe	Indo-Pacific
Drupa rubusidaeus	Strawberry drupe	Indo-West Pacific
Drupella cariosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Drupella cornus	Horn drupe	Indo-Pacific
Drupella fragum		Pacific Ocean.
Drupella gibba		Western Central Pacific
Drupella margariticola		Indo-West Pacific
Drupella ochrostoma		Central Pacific.
Drupella rugosa	Rugose drupe	Indo-Pacific
Drupina grossularia	Digitate Pacific drupe	Pacific Ocean
Ergalatax contracta	Contracted rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	3.7 SHH
Ergalatax dattilioi		Western Pacific
Ergalatax margariticola	Shouldered castor bean	Central Pacific.
Favartia balteata		Indo-West Pacific
Favartia brevicula		Central Pacific	3 ShH
Favartia cirrosa		Western Central Pacific
Favartia conleyi		Central Pacific
Favartia dondani		Western Central Pacific
Favartia dorothyae		Western Central Pacific	1.8 ShH
Favartia guamensis		Central Pacific
Favartia jeanae		Western Central Pacific	1 ShH
Favartia judithae		Western Central Pacific
Favartia leonae		Western Pacific
Favartia mactanensis		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH
Favartia maculata		Central Pacific
Favartia parthi		Western Central Pacific
Favartia peasei		Indo-Pacific
Favartia pelepili		Western Central Pacific
Favartia peregrina		Central Pacific	1.5 ShH
Favartia philcioveri		Western Central Pacific
Favartia ponderi		Central Pacific
Favartia rosamiae		Pacific Ocean.	2 ShH
Favartia salmonea		Indo-West Pacific
Favartia tetragona		Central Pacific
Galeropsis monodonta		Indo-Pacific.
Gemixystus leptos		Western Central Pacific
Gemixystus rippangalei		Western Central Pacific
Habromorula ambrosia		Pacific Ocean
Habromorula biconica	Biconic rock shell	Western Central Pacific.
Habromorula dumosa		Western Central Pacific
Habromorula lepida		Western Central Pacific
Habromorula spinosa		Western Central Pacific
Haustellum dentifer		Western Central Pacific	10 TL
Haustellum gallinago		Western Pacific
Haustellum haustellum	Snipe's bill murex	Indo-West Pacific	15.1 ShH
Haustellum kiiensis	Kii murex	Western Pacific.
Haustellum kurodai		Western Central Pacific
Haustellum mindanaoensis		Western Central Pacific
Haustellum multiplicatus		Indo-West Pacific
Haustellum rectirostris	Hen murex	Western Pacific.	8.5 ShH
Haustellum vicdani		Western Central Pacific
Hexaplex cichoreum	Endive murex	Western Central Pacific.	15 ShH
Hirtomurex filiaregis		Western Central Pacific
Hirtomurex oyamai		Western Central Pacific
Hirtomurex teramachii		Western Central Pacific
Hirtomurex winckworthi		Western Central Pacific
Homalacantha anatomica		Indo-West Pacific.
Homalocantha anomaliae	Anomalous murex	Western Central Pacific	5 ShH
Homalocantha dondani		Western Central Pacific
Homalocantha granpoderi		Western Central Pacific
Homalocantha ninae		Western Central Pacific
Homalocantha pisori		Western Central Pacific
Homalocantha scorpio	Scorpion murex	Western Central Pacific
Homalocantha zamboi	Zambo's murex	Western Central Pacific
Indothais blanfordi		Indo-West Pacific.
Indothais lacera	Carinate rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Indothais malayensis		Western Central Pacific.
Lataxiena fimbriata	Fimbriate false latiaxis	Indo-West Pacific.	5 ShH
Latiaxis celinamarumai		Western Central Pacific	3.8 ShH
Latiaxis cristatus		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL
Latiaxis deburghiae		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Latiaxis dunkeri		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Latiaxis eugeniae		Western Central Pacific	5 ShH
Latiaxis fearnleyi		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Latiaxis fruticosus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Latiaxis gemmatus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Latiaxis gyratus		Western Central Pacific	5 ShH
Latiaxis japonicus		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Latiaxis kawamurai		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Latiaxis kiranus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Latiaxis latipinnatus		Western Central Pacific
Latiaxis mawae		Western Central Pacific	7 ShH
Latiaxis mucatanica		Western Central Pacific	3.2 ShH
Latiaxis pagodus	Pagoda latiaxis	Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Latiaxis pilsbryi	Pilsbry's Latiaxis	Western Pacific	4.5 ShH
Latiaxis pisori		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Latiaxis purpuraterminus		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Latiaxis purpuratus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Latiaxis shingomarumai		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Latiaxis takahashii		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Leptoconchus lamarckii	Lamarck's coral-shell	Central Pacific
Leptoconchus peronii		Central Pacific
Leptotrophon acerapex		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon bernadettae		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon biocalae		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon caledonicus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon caroae		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon charcoti		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon coralensis		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon coriolis		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon inaequalis		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon levii		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon lineorugosus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon marshalli		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon metivieri		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon minirotundus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon minispinosus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon musorstomae		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon protocarinatus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon richeri		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon rigidus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon spinacutus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon surprisensis		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon turritellatus		Western Central Pacific
Leptotrophon virginiae		Western Central Pacific
Litozamia tropis		Western Central Pacific
Maculotriton bracteatus		Indo-Pacific
Maculotriton serriale		Indo-Pacific.	2 ShH
Magilus antiquus	Burrowing coral-shell	Indo-Pacific.
Mancinella alouina	Alou rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Mancinella armigera		Western Central Pacific
Marchia bipinnata		Western Central Pacific
Marchia elongata		Western Central Pacific
Marchia laqueata		Western Central Pacific
Marchia martinetana		Western Central Pacific
Marchia triptera		Central Pacific
Menathais intermedia	Intermediate rock shell	Indo-Pacific
Mipus crebrilamellosus		Western Central Pacific
Mipus eugeniae		Western Central Pacific
Mipus gyratus		Indo-West Pacific
Mipus intermedius		Western Central Pacific
Mipus matsumotoi		Indo-West Pacific
Mipus miyukiae		Western Central Pacific
Mipus ovoideus		Western Central Pacific
Monstrotyphis montforti		Western Central Pacific
Morula angulata		Central Pacific
Morula aspera		Indo-West Pacific
Morula bicatenata		Central Pacific
Morula ceylonica		Indo-West Pacific
Morula chaidea		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH
Morula dichrous		Central Pacific
Morula echinata		Central Pacific
Morula funicula		Indo-West Pacific
Morula fusca		Indo-West Pacific
Morula mutica		Indo-West Pacific
Morula nodicostata		Central Pacific.
Morula nodiscotata		Western Central Pacific
Morula nodulifera	Nodulated rock shell	Indo-West Pacific.
Morula parva		Central Pacific
Morula porphyrostoma		Western Central Pacific
Morula purpureocincta		Western Central Pacific
Morula rodgersi		Western Central Pacific
Morula spinosa		Indo-Pacific
Morula squamosa		Indo-West Pacific
Morula striata		Central Pacific
Morula uva		Indo-Pacific
Murex aduncospinosus		Western Pacific	12 ShH
Murex altispira		Western Central Pacific
Murex brevispina	Short-spinned murex	Western Central Pacific
Murex carbonnieri		Indo-West Pacific
Murex falsitribulus		Western Pacific
Murex mindanoensis		Western Central Pacific	20 ShH
Murex nigrispinosus		Western Central Pacific	12 ShH
Murex occa		Western Central Pacific
Murex pecten	Venus comb murex	Indo-West Pacific	15 ShH
Murex philippinensis		Western Central Pacific
Murex spectabilis		Western Central Pacific
Murex tenuirostrum		Indo-West Pacific.
Murex ternispina	Black-spined murex	Indo-West Pacific	12 SHL
Murex trapa	Rarespined murex	Indo-West Pacific	11.5 SHL
Murex tribulus	Caltrop murex	Indo-West Pacific	10.5 SHL
Murex troscheli	Troschel's Murex	Western Pacific	20 ShH
Murexiella balteata		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Murexiella judithae		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH
Murexiella martini		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Murexiella pelepili		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Murexsul tokubeii		Western Central Pacific
Muricodrupa anaxares		Indo-West Pacific
Muricodrupa fenestrata		Central Pacific
Muricodrupa fiscella	Little basket drupe	Central Pacific
Muricodrupa funiculus		Western Central Pacific
Muricodrupa triangulatus	Triangular trophon	Pacific Ocean
Naquetia barclayi	Barclay's murex	Indo-West Pacific.	9 ShH
Naquetia capucina		Indo-Pacific.
Naquetia cumingii	Cuming's murex	Indo-West Pacific.
Naquetia trigonula		Western Central Pacific
Naquetia triqueter	Three angled murex	Central Pacific
Nassa francolina	Francolina jopas	Indo-Pacific	7 ShH
Nassa serta	Wreath jopas	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	7 SHL
Nassa trancolina		Western Central Pacific	7 TL
Neothais marginatra	Marginate drupe	Indo-Pacific
Orania archaea		Central Pacific
Orania bimucronata		Western Central Pacific
Orania corallina		Western Central Pacific
Orania ficula		Western Central Pacific
Orania gaskelli		Western Central Pacific
Orania mixta		Western Central Pacific
Orania nodosa		Western Central Pacific
Orania pacifica		Central Pacific
Orania pleurotomoides		Western Central Pacific
Orania rosea		Western Central Pacific
Orania serotina		Indo-West Pacific
Orania walkeri		Western Central Pacific
Pagodula multigrada		Western Central Pacific
Pagodula plicilaminata		Indo-West Pacific.
Pascula benedicta		Western Central Pacific
Pascula darrosensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Pascula lefevriana		Western Central Pacific
Pascula muricata		Central Pacific
Pascula ochrostoma		Indo-West Pacific	2 ShH
Pazinotus falcatiformis		Western Central Pacific
Pazinotus olivenai		Western Central Pacific
Pazinotus sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Phyllocoma convoluta	Convoluted false triton	Central Pacific.
Phyllocoma convolutum		Western Central Pacific
Pinaxia versicolor		Indo-Pacific.	2 ShH
Poirieria poppei		Western Central Pacific
Poirieria zelandica	Spiny murex	Southwest Pacific
Pteropurpura adunca		Western Pacific
Pterymarchia aparrii		Western Central Pacific
Pterymarchia bibbeyi		Western Central Pacific
Pterynotus alatus	Pinnate murex	Indo-West Pacific.
Pterynotus barclayanus		Indo-West Pacific.	3 ShH
Pterynotus bibbeyi		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Pterynotus bipinnatus		Indo-West Pacific	5 ShH
Pterynotus concavopterus		Western Central Pacific
Pterynotus elongatus	Clavus murex	Indo-West Pacific	9 ShH
Pterynotus laurae		Western Central Pacific
Pterynotus loebbeckei		Western Central Pacific	7.5 ShH
Pterynotus martinetana		Central Pacific	6 ShH
Pterynotus miyokoae		Western Central Pacific	7.5 ShH
Pterynotus pellucidus	Pellucid murex	Western Central Pacific	5.5 ShH
Pterynotus pinnatus		Indo-West Pacific.	8 ShH
Pterynotus tripterus		Indo-Pacific	6 ShH
Pterynotus vespertilio		Western Central Pacific
Purpura panama	Rudolph's purpura	Indo-West Pacific	9 ShH
Purpura persica	Persian purpura	Indo-Pacific	10 ShH
Quoyola madreporarum		Western Central Pacific
Rapa incurva		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH
Rapa rapa	Papery rapa	Central Pacific.
Rapana bezoar	Bezoar rapana	Indo-West Pacific.
Rapana rapiformis	Turnish shaped rapa	Indo-West Pacific	15 ShH
Reishia clavigera	Korean common dogwhelk	Western Pacific	2.74 SHL
Rhizochilus antipathum		Central Pacific
Semiricinula fusca		Western Central Pacific
Semiricinula manginatra		Western Central Pacific
Semiricinula turbinoides		Central Pacific
Siphonochelus japonicus		Western Central Pacific
Siratus pliciferoides		Western Pacific.	13 ShH
Siratus vicdani		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Spinidrupa euracantha	Spiny rock shell	Central Pacific.
Spinidrupa spinosa		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Tenguella granulata	Granular drupe	Indo-Pacific
Tenguella musiva	Musical drupe	Indo-West Pacific	3 TL
Thais armigera	Belligerent rock shell	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL
Thais bitubercularis		Indo-West Pacific
Thais buccinea		Western Central Pacific	5 ShH
Thais bufo	Toad purpura	Indo-West Pacific	8 SHL
Thais distinguenda		Indo-West Pacific
Thais echinata	Blainville's spiny rock-shell	Indo-West Pacific.	4.5 ShH
Thais echinulata	Lamarck's spiny rock-shell	Indo-West Pacific.	5 ShH
Thais gradata	Drill	Western Pacific
Thais grossa		Western Central Pacific
Thais javanica		Western Pacific	3 ShH
Thais jubilaea		Southeast Asia
Thais kieneri		Western Central Pacific
Thais mancinella	Mancinella rock-shell	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 ShH
Thais muricoides		Indo-West Pacific
Thais rufotincta		Southeast Asia
Thais rugosa		Indo-West Pacific
Thais tuberosa	Tuberose rock shell	Indo-Pacific.	6 ShH
Thais virgata		Indo-West Pacific
Thalessa aculeata	Aculeate rock shell	Indo-Pacific	6 SHL
Tylothais savignyi		Indo-West Pacific.	142 TL
Typhina campbelli		Western Central Pacific
Typhina ramosa		Western Pacific
Typhinellus occlussus		Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Typhinellus occlusus		Western Central Pacific
Vexilla vexillum	Vexillate jopas	Indo-Pacific.	3 SHL
Vitularia crenifer	Crenate vitularia	Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Vitularia miliaris	Spotted vitularia	Indo-West Pacific.
Vokesimurex bantamensis		Western Central Pacific
Vokesimurex bobyini		Western Central Pacific
Vokesimurex dolichourus		Indo-West Pacific
Vokesimurex gallinago		Western Central Pacific
Vokesimurex hirasei		Western Central Pacific
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis		Western Central Pacific

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