Muricopsis

Muricopsis
Apertural view the shell of Muricopsis necocheana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Species
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Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the rock snail family, Muricidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Muricopsis :

• Muricopsis annobonensis Houart & Rolán, 2001
• Muricopsis caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
• Muricopsis carnicolor Bozzetti, 2009
• Muricopsis chiarae Bozzetti, 1991
• Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis delemarrei Houart, 2005
• Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
• Muricopsis ghisottii Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008
• Muricopsis gilbertharrisi (Weisbord, 1962)
• Muricopsis gofasi Houart, 1993
• Muricopsis gorii Houart, 2012
• Muricopsis guadalupensis Garrigues & Merle, 2014
• Muricopsis haidari Houart, 2003
• Muricopsis hernandezi Rolán & Gori, 2007
• Muricopsis honkeri Petuch, 2013
• Muricopsis hubrechti Bozzetti, 2018
• Muricopsis josei Vokes, 1994
• Muricopsis marcusi Vokes, 1994
• Muricopsis matildeae Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis mcleani Wiedrick, 2009
• Muricopsis necocheana (Pilsbry, 1900)
• Muricopsis omanensis Smythe & Oliver, 1986
• Muricopsis pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854)
• Muricopsis perexigua Vokes, 1994
• Muricopsis principensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis schrammi (Crosse, 1863)
• Muricopsis seminolensis Vokes & Houart, 1986
• Muricopsis suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)
• Muricopsis taupini Garrigues, 2016
• Muricopsis testorii Houart & Gori, 2008
• Muricopsis westonensis Myers & D'Attilio, 1990
• Muricopsis withrowi Vokes & Houart, 1986
• Muricopsis zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

Species brought into synonymy

• Muricopsis angolensis: synonym of Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis aradasii: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
• Muricopsis blainvillii: synonym of Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis diadema: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
• Muricopsis ianlochi: synonym of Murexsul ianlochi (Houart, 1987)
• Muricopsis mariangelae: synonym of Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis medicago: synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use (those not mentioned here can be found in the genera Murexsul, Favartia and Rolandiella)

• Muricopsis ednae (M. Smith, 1940) : synonym of Murexsul interserratus (Sowerby, 1879)
• Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886) : synonym of Murexsul espinosus Hutton, 1886
  • Muricopsis espinosus mariae (Finlay, 1930) : synonym of Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
• Muricopsis oliverai Kosuge, 1984 : synonym of Poirieria (Flexopteron) oliverai (Kosuge, 1984)
• Muricopsis oxytata (M. Smith, 1938) - hexagonal murex : synonym of Murexsul oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938)
• Muricopsis planilirata (Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)

References

• "Muricopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
• Houart R. (2012) Description of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gorii (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from southern São Tomé. Novapex 13(1): 37-41. [10 March 2012]