Comprehensive Fossil Muricidae Species Checklist

The table below is a product of my ongoing efforts to compile a list of all known fossil Muricidae taxa, and includes information (when available to me) on each species' geographic / geologic range, as well as relevant comments. Please note that not all taxa listed here are valid, and where possible, I have noted those that are not. Obviously, there is a lot of work left to do, and thus I intend to continue adding to, and improving upon, this list as my schedule allows.  Feel free to send me corrections and additional information to help fill in the blanks!

NOTE:  Species are listed alphabetically by species name, since there may be disagreements as to the proper generic placement for particular shells.  Generic assignments and species synonymies are based heavily on the writings of Emily Vokes (Western Atlantic region), Geerat Vermeij (Ocenebrinae / Rapaninae), and Didier Merle (France / Europe).  Please refer to my literature references page for more information, and please, do not copy or otherwise reproduce the information in this table without first asking for my permission.



# Species Name Authority Geographic / Geologic Range Comments
1Purpura? abjecta (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
2Murexiella (s.s.) absona (Jan, 1832)Italy, Poland, Austria (Mio/Pliocene) see Maluk website for images from Poland
3Murexiella (s.s.) absona lineata (Millet, 1854)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
4Murex (s.s.) acanthostephes Watson, 1883PNG (Mio/Pliocene) tentative ID per Ponder & Vokes
5Typhis (?) acanthropteris Tate, 1887Australia (Lower Miocene) -
6Ocinebrina (s.s.) aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)Mediterranean / NE Atlantic (Pliocene to Recent) Type species of the genus
7Poirieria (s.s.) actinophora (Dall, 1889)Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
8Rapana? aculeata (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
9Typhis (Hirtotyphis) aculeatus Vella, 1961New Zealand (Lower Miocene) Altonian
10Poirieria (Flexopteron) acuticostata Staadt in C&P, 1913)France (Eocene) -
11Inermicosta? acuticostata (Guembel, 1861)France (Oligocene) tentative assignment per Vermeij & Houart, 1999 - formerly in Ocenebra
12Typhis (Talityphis) acuticostata (Conrad, 1830)USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
13Chicoreus? adelaidensis (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
14Haustellum (s.s.) adelosus (E.H. Vokes, 1989)Dominican Republic (Mio/Pliocene) -
15Murex (s.s.) aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841Java / Vanuata, Japan, Australia (Plio/Pleist to Recent) -
16Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) aduncus (Sowerby, 1834)Japan to Korea, China (Pliocene to Recent) -
17Typhis (s.s.) adventus Vella, 1961New Zealand (Middle Oligocene) Duntroonian-Waitakian
18Attiliosa aenigma Herbert & PortellUSA - Florida (Early Oligocene) -
19Pteropurpura (s.s.) aguilari (Bose, 1910)Mexico (Pliocene) -
20Dermomurex (s.s.) alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864)Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) Often incorrectly called "engonatus"
21Poirieria (Panamurex) alaquaensis (Mansfield)USA - Florida, Mexico (Pliocene) -
22Lindapterys alata (Millet, 1854)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
23Typhis (Talityphis) alatus Sowerby, 1850Dominican Republic (Miocene) -
24Poirieria (Paziella) albionis (Wrigley)England (Eocene) Barton Beds; "Murex angustus" is a synonym per Alan Morton website
25Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) aldrichi (Gardner, 1947)USA - Florida, Haiti (Miocene) -
26Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)Western Atlantic region (Miocene to Recent) -
27Pterynotus (s.s.) aliculus E.H. Vokes, 1989Dominican Republic (Pliocene) described from a single specimen
28Murex (s.s.) altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988Malaysia, Indonesia-Philippines (Plio/Pleist to Recent) -
29Trophonopsis alveolata (Sowerby, 1829)Belgium (Miocene) per ECCG website
30Fusomurex alveolatus (=graniformis) (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
31Chicoreus (s.s.) amblyceras (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
32"Murex" amoenus Fuchs, 1870Austria (-) from OeType website; generic assignment?
33Murexsul amphilogos E.H. Vokes, 1992Costa Rica (Pleistocene) -
34Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius (E.H. Vokes, 1989)Dominican Republic (Pliocene) -
35Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1881)Red Sea / Indo-Pacific (Pleistocene to Recent) -
36Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822)Italy, Poland (Mio/Pliocene) -
37Trophon anceps (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) genus assignment incorrect? (see Griffin & Pastorino, 2005)
38Calotrophon andrewsi E.H. Vokes, 1976USA - Florida, Mexico (Pleistocene to Recent) Recent only per Vokes, 1992; Bermont Fm. per Petuch (figure resembles A. striatoides)
39Pterynotus (Pterochelus) angelus (Aldrich)USA - Mississippi (Early/Middle Oligocene) -
40Nucella (?) angulata -----France (Middle Miocene) -
41Trophonopsis angustevaricata -----Denmark (Oligocene) -
42Pterynotus (s.s.) angustifolius (Kautsky, 1925)Belgium, Netherlands (Miocene) -
43Haustellum (Vokesimurex) anniae (M. Smith, 1940)USA - Florida, Yucatan Peninsula (Pleistocene to Recent) Bermont Fm.
44Dermomurex (Trialatella) antecessor E.H. Vokes, 1975USA - Florida, Costa Rica; Panama (Pleistocene to Recent) -
45Marchia antiqua Merle, 1989France (Eocene) -
46Concholepas antiquata TateAustralia (Miocene) -
47Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810Indo-Pacific (Through Recent) -
48Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) antiquus (Gabb, 1864)USA - California (Eocene) see Keen, 1944
49Typhis (Hirtotyphis) aoteanus Vella, 1961New Zealand (Upper Miocene) Tongaporutuan
50Xymene apipagoda ----- (Eocene) late Eocene, per Tan, 2003
51Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) aquitanicus (Grateloup, 1833)Western/Central Europe (Miocene) Miocene of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, and Turkey
52Pterynotus (s.s.) areniarus (Sandberger) Steurer, 1912Germany (Oligocene) Middle Oligocene (Rupelian: "Meeressand") of Mainz Basin
53Poirieria (Paziella) argillacea (Wrigley, 1930)Europe (Eocene) Ypresian, per Eofavartia article
54Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus (Reeve, 1845)Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
55Acanthotrophon ascensus (E.H. Vokes, 1976)Costa Rica (Pleistocene) Petuch claims also found in Bermont Fm. of Florida (as Calotrophon)
56Ecphora (s.s.) asheri Petuch, 1988USA - Maryland (Miocene) Little Cove Point Unit (Serravallian)
57Lepsiella (Bedeva?) asperulus (Tate, 1888)Australia (Miocene) Bedeva only in Pliocene and younger of New Zealand, per Tan, 2003
58Muricopsis (Risomurex) aspinosa (Meyer, 1886)USA - Mississippi (Oligocene) -
59Dermomurex (Takia) asteriscus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
60Pterynotus (s.s.) athenasi (Vasseur)France (Eocene) -
61Calotrophon attenuata (=ostrearum) (Dall, 1890)USA - Florida (Plio/Pleistocene) Caloosahatchee Fm., synonymized by Vokes but recognized by Petuch
62Trophonopsis? aulacophora (Cossmann & Pissaro, 1913)France (Eocene) -
63Siphoecphora aurora (Wilson, 1987)USA - N. Carolina (Miocene) Belhaven Member of Pungo River Fm. (Langhian)
64Pterynotus (s.s.) aurorae Garvie, 1991USA - Alabama (Paleocene) -
65Urosalpinx auroraensis Petuch, 1994USA - N. Carolina (Plio/Pleistocene) James City Fm., Lee Creek Mine and Waccamaw Fm.
66Typhis (s.s.) australis Vella, 1961Australia, New Zealand (Oligocene) -
67Hexaplex austriacus (Tournouer, 1875)Austria, Turkey (Miocene) -
68Jsowerbya auversiensis (Deshayes, 1865)France, England (Eocene) found in Barton Beds of the UK, per Alan Morton website
69Ocinebrina (s.s.) avitensis (Coss. & Peyrot, 1924)France (Miocene) Aquitanian
70Indotyphis bantamensis (Oostingh, 1933)Java (Plio-Pleistocene) see Keen, 1944
71Trophon barvicensis (Johnston, 1825)Belgium (Pliocene) per ECCG website
72Chicoreus? basicinctus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
73Jsowerbya baudoni (Morlet, 1888)France (Eocene) -
74Chicoreus (Siratus) beauii (Fischer & Bernardi)USA - Louisiana; Florida to Uruguay (Post-Pleistocene to Recent) -
75Ocenebra (s.s.) beaumonti (Grateloup, 1840)France (Miocene) -
76Haustellum (Vokesimurex) bellegladeensis (E.H. Vokes, 1963)Southeastern US, Mexico (Pliocene to Recent) Bermont Fm.
77Pseduocolumbarium benjaminum (Olivera, 1994)Chile (Miocene) see Nielsen's 2003 dissertation on the Miocene of Chile
78Ocenebra (s.s.) benoisti (Coss. & Peyrot, 1924)France (Miocene) -
79Pteropurpura (s.s.) bequaerti (Clench & Farfante, 1945)USA - N. Carolina to Gulf of Mexico (Pleistocene to Recent) -
80Haustellum (Vokesimurex) bermontianus (=rubidus) Petuch, 1994USA - Florida (Pleistocene) Bermont Fm.
81Muricopsis (?) bernayi (Deshayes, 1865)France (Eocene) has been referred to the genus Malarckia
82Stramonita (s.s.) berryi Olsson, 1932Peru (Late Miocene) possibly the same species as S. bifida, per Vermeij, 2001; Tumbez Fm.
83Xymene beui Nielsen, 2003Chile (Miocene) see Nielsen's 2003 dissertation on the Miocene of Chile
84Ocinebrina (s.s.) bicaudata (Borson, 1821)France (Miocene) -
85Tritonopsis (s.s.) biconica (Dall, 1915)USA - N. Carolina (Oligocene) extinct genus, per Vermeij, 2001
86Murexsul biconicus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Mio/Pliocene) -
87Chesathais biconicus (Dall, 1915)USA - Florida (Oligo/Miocene) Tampa Bay Limestone (Aquitanian)
88Pterynotus? bicostata (Deshayes, 1835)France (Eocene) -
89Stramonita (s.s.) bifida Vermeij, 2001Venezuela (Lower Miocene) earliest member of the S. haemastoma group in the Americas, per Vermeij, 2001
90Pterynotus (s.s.) bifrons (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
91Pterynopsis (s.s.) binominatus (Staadt in Cossmann, 1909)England, Belgium (Pliocene) -
92Daphnellopsis bipartitum (Vasseur)France (Middle Eocene) -
93Pterynotus (Ponderia) bispinosa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1823)England (Eocene) Barton Beds
94Chorus (s.s.) blainvillei (d'Orbigny, 1842)Peru (Pliocene) legitimate? (see Nielsen's 2003 dissertation on the Miocene of Chile - verify with DeVries literature)
95Muricopsis (s.s.) blainvillei (=cristata) (Payraudeau, 1826)Italy/Mediterranean (Pliocene to Recent) -
96Ocenebra? boeckhi var. Hoernes & Auinger, 1886Austria (-) from OeType website
97Pteropurpura (s.s.) boesei Vermeih & Vokes, 1997Mexico (Miocene) -
98Vaughtia bonaccorsi (Carrington & Kensley, 1969)South Africa (Pliocene) -
99Haustellum (s.s.) bonneti (Cossmann, 1903)India (Pliocene) -
100Trophonopsis? bonneti (Cossmann & Pissaro, 1913)France (Eocene) -
101Chicoreus (s.s.) borni (Hoernes, 1856)Austria (Miocene) -
102Chicoreus (s.s.) bourgeoisi (Tournouer, 1875)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
103Daphnellopsis boutillieri (Cossmann)France (Middle Eocene) -
104Poirieria (Pazinotus) bowdenensis E.H. Vokes, 1970Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
105Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) bracteata (Brocchi, 1814)Belgium, Poland (Miocene to Pliocene) per ECCG website, also Baluk
106Ecphora (Latecphora) bradleyae Petuch, 1987USA - Florida (Pliocene) Buckingham Fm. (Zanclian)
107Ecphora (Latecphora) bradleyae hertwecki Petuch, 1988USA - Florida (Pliocene) Buckingham Fm. (Zanclian)
108Haustellum (Bolinus) brandaris (Linne, 1758)Western/Central Europe (Miocene to Recent) fossil forms generally all placed in B. brandaris torularius, though there has been much debate
109Haustellum (Bolinus) brandaris torularius (Lamarck, 1822)Western/Central Europe (Mio/Pliocene) two ecological subpopulations recognized by DaMarco; 2nd form is called ponderosa
110Haustellum (Bolinus) brandaris torularius var. altavillensis (Seguenza, 1875)Italy (Pliocene) Pietrafitta (per Inzani & Bertarelli); not dicussed in DaMarca article
111Haustellum (Bolinus) brandaris torularius var. ponderosa -----Italy (Pliocene) ecological subpopulation "B" per DaMarco
112Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822)Ecuador (Pliocene) -
113Trophonopsis? brevaculeata (Jannsen, 1884)France (Oligocene) Pierrefitte, Paris Basin (Rupelian)
114Hexaplex brevicanthos (Sismonda, 1847)Italy (Middle Miocene to Pliocene) -
115Pterynotus (s.s.) brevicauda (Hebert)Belgium (Miocene) -
116Trophon brevicaudatus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) genus assignment incorrect? (see Griffin & Pastorino, 2005)
117Thais (s.s.) brevicula Vermeij, 2001Venezuela (Lower Miocene) described from 2 worn specimens
118Chicoreus (s.s.) brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)Western Atlantic region (Miocene to Recent) -
119Ocenebra (s.s.) brevirobusta Houart, 2000Moroccan Atlantic coast and northward (Pleistocene to Recent) Brebion called these "Murex torosus"
120Murex (s.s.) brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822Tanzania (Holocene) -
121Murex (s.s.) brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862Java / Malaysia, Australia, PNG (Plio/Pleist to Recent) -
122Eupleura brevispira Mansfield, 1930USA - Florida (Pliocene) Cancellaria zone, Jackson Bluff Formation; E. leonensis is a synonym?
123Ocenebra (Hadriania) brevituba (Millet, 1854)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
124Ocenebra (Hadriania) brocchi (= craticuloides) (Monterosato, 1872)Mediterranean/Morocco (Upper Miocene to Recent) first appears in the Tortonian of Italy
125Cymia buchivacoana cantaurana Hodson, 1931Venezuela (Miocene) -
126Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) bullisi Gertman, 1969Costa Rica, Panama to Venezuela (Pleistocene to Recent) -
127Murex (Promurex) bullocki Yokoyama, 1924Japan (Pliocene) -
128Coralliophila (?) burdigalensis (Tournouer, 1874)France (Miocene) -
129Pterynotus (s.s.) burnsii (Aldrich)USA - Mississippi (Early/Middle Oligocene) -
130Xanthochorus buxea -----Peru / Chile (Late Pliocene to Recent) -
131Haustellum (Vokesimurex) cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)Costa Rica, SE US to Nicaragua (Pleistocene to Recent) -
132Navidadina caciquei Nielsen, 2003Chile (Miocene) see Nielsen's 2003 dissertation on species from the Miocene of Chile
133Ocenebra? caelatus badensis Hoernes & Auinger, 1886Austria (-) from OeType website
134Pterynotus (Ponderia) caillati (Deshayes, 1865)France (Eocene) -
135Crassimurex calcitrapa (Lamarck, 1803)France (Eocene) -
136Crassimurex calcitrapa crispa (Lamarck, 1803)France (Eocene) -
137Homalocantha calhounensis (E.H. Vokes, 1968)USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
138Pterotyphis (Pterotyphis) calhounensis Gertman, 1969USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
139Stramonita (s.s.) caloosana (=haemastoma canaliculata) (Tucker & Wilson, 1933)USA - Florida (Pliocene) "subjectively synonymous" with S. haemastoma canaliculata, per Vermeij, 2001 (Pinecrest Beds)
140Eupleura calusa Petuch, 1994USA - Florida (Plio/Pleistocene) -
141Chicoreus (s.s.) calusa (=floridanus) Petuch, 1991USA - Florida (Plio/Pleistocene) Caloosahatchee Fm.
142Ecphora (s.s.) calvertensis Petuch, 1988USA - Maryland (Miocene) Calvert Fm. (Langhian)
143Pterynotus (s.s.) calvus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
144Trophon camachoi Griffin & Pastorino, 2005Argentina (Late Oligo/Early Mio) El Chacay Formation
145Concholepas camerata DeVries, 2000Peru (Pliocene) -
146Lepsiella (Bedeva?) camplytropis (Tate, 1888)Australia (Miocene) Bedeva only in Pliocene and younger of New Zealand, per Tan, 2003
147Favartia (s.s.) canaliculata (Bellardi, 1872)Italy (Pliocene) -
148Nucella (s.s.) canaliculata (Duclos, 1832)USA - Oregon, Washington (Early Late Miocene to Recent) -
149Nucella (Acanthina) cancellata (Bellardi, 1882)Italy (Pliocene) -
150Stephanosalpinx candelabra Petuch, 1988USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
151Pterynotus (s.s.) canhami (Wood, 1872)Belgium (Pliocene) per ECCG website
152Pterynopsis (s.s.) canhami minor (Hormer, 1914)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
153Urosalpinx cannabinis (Conrad, 1844)USA - Virginia (Pliocene) -
154Pseudomurex cantharoides (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1923)France (Miocene) -
155Poirieria (Flexopteron) capito (Philippi, 1843)Germany, Denmark (Oligocene) see OeType website; formerly a subspecies/variant of deshayesi; used to be classified as Boreotrophon
156Muregina carlosmartini DeVries, 2005Peru (Cenozoic) see DeVries, 2005 for details
157Favartia (Caribiella) carmenae E.H. Vokes, 1994Mexico (Miocene) -
158Typhis (Talityphis) carmenae Gertman, 1969Mexico (Miocene) -
159Trisecphora (s.s.) carolinensis (Petuch, 1989)USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
160Nucella (s.s.) carrizoensis (Loel & Corey, 1932)USA - California, Japan (Early to Late Miocene) synonym of N. tokudai
161Xanthochorus cassidiformis -----Peru / Chile, Galapagos (Late Pliocene to Recent) -
162Aspella castor Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
163Xanthochorus cataclasis -----Peru (Early Pliocene) -
164Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822)USA - Florida (Plio/Pleistocene to Recent) -
165"Eupleura" caudata var. crowfooti (Wood, 1879)England (Pliocene) should be reassigned from Eupleura (see Herbert, 2005)
166Inermicosta? cazeauxi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)France (Miocene) Burdigalian/Helvetian of SW France; generic assignment is tentative (Ocinebrina?)
167Murexsul cedillatus (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)France, Belgium (?) (Miocene) ECCG website lists a "Muricopsis aff. Cedillata" from the Miocene of Belgium
168Favartia (s.s.) cellulosa (Conrad, 1846)Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
169Siphonochelus (s.s.) cercadicus (Maury, 1917)Dominican Republic (Miocene) -
170Trisecphora (s.s.) chamnessi (Petuch, 1988)USA - N. Carolina (Miocene) Pungo River Fm. (Langhian)
171Cymia charlesworthi (Edwards)England (Oligocene) Upper Hamstead Beds; C. monoplex is a synonym, per Alan Morton website
172Nucella (Acanthina?) chattertoni Nielsen, 2003Chile (Miocene) -
173"Tritonalia" checjsliensis Sinelnikova, 1990Russia (Early Middle Miocene) see Amano & Vermeij, 1998; Kakert Formation; related to Ocinebrellus?
174Orania cheilotoma (Hoernes)Poland, Europe (Early Miocene) Burdigalian; referable to the ergalataxine group per Vermeij, 2001; not Coralliophila
175Chesatrophon (s.s.) chesapeakeanus (Martin, 1904)USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
176Ecphora (s.s.) chesapeakensis Petuch, 1992USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
177Chicoreus (Siratus) chipolanus (Dall, 1890)USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
178Typhis (Typhinellus) chipolanus Gertman, 1969USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
179Concholepas chirotensis DeVries, 2000Chile (Miocene) -
180Planecphora choptankensis (Petuch, 1988)USA - Maryland (Miocene) Drum Cliff Member of Choptank Fm. (Serravallian)
181Pterorytis (Microrhytis) christopheri Vermeih & Vokes, 1997Venezuela (Miocene) -
182Haustellum (Vokesimurex) chrysostoma (Sowerby, 1834)Western Atlantic region (Pliocene to Recent) -
183Chicoreus (Siratus) ciboney (Clench & Farfante, 1945)Haiti; Caribbean Sea (Pliocene to Recent) -
184Urosalpinx cinereus (Say, 1822)USA - N. Carolina, Florida (Pliocene to Recent) -
185Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis (Mansfield, 1937)USA - Florida (Pliocene) Jackson Bluff Fm. & Pinecrest Beds
186Boreotrophon clathratus (Linne, 1767)Norway, England (Upper Pliocene to Recent) see Hansson's 1998 Scandinavian marine mollusca checklist
187Typhis (s.s.) clifdenensis Vella, 1961New Zealand (Lower Miocene) -
188Trophon climacodes (Philippi, 1887)Chile (Miocene) see Nielsen's 2003 dissertation on the Miocene of Chile
189Cymia cocoditana Hodson, 1931Venezuela (Miocene) -
190Ocenebra (Hadriania) coelata Dujardin, 1837Netherlands/Belgium, Poland, Denmark? (Miocene) see ECCG website; need to verify genus and ID of specimens in my collection
191Ocinebrina (s.s.) coelata (Dujardin, 1837)Austria, Slovenia (?) (Miocene) need to verify genus and IS of specimens in my collection
192Hexaplex colei (Palmer)USA - Texas, South Carolina (Middle Eocene) -
193Poirieria (Flexopteron) collata (Guppy)Dominican Republic, Jamaica (Pliocene to Plio-Pleistocene) Gurabo, Mao, and Bowden Formations
194Favartia (?) collega (Boettger, 1906)Belgium (Miocene) per ECCG website
195Nucella (s.s.) collomi Carson, 1926USA - California (Late Miocene) -
196Carhuaspina comotrana DeVries, 2005Peru (Cenozoic) see DeVries, 2005 for details
197Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus (Gabb)Dominican Republic (Mio/Pliocene) -
198Odontopolys compsorhytes (Gabb, 1860)US - Texas (Cretaceous) -
199Murexsul comptulus E.H. Vokes, 1994USA - S. Carolina (Pleistocene) -
200Ocinebrina (s.s.) concerpta (Bellardi, 1872)Italy (Pliocene) -
201Concholepas concholepas (Bruguiere, 1789)SE Pacific, South Africa (Early Pleistocene to Recent) -
202Ocenebra (s.s.) confluens (Eichwald, 1853)Poland (Miocene) Baluk, 2006 places in Purpura (Tritonalia)
203Thais (s.s.) connectens (Bellardi, 1882)Italy (Pliocene) -
204Ecphora (s.s.) conoyensis Petuch, 2004USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
205Pterorytis (s.s.) conradi (=fluviana) (Dall, 1890)USA - N. Carolina (Plio/Pleistocene) Chowan River Fm., Lee Creek Texasgulf Mine
206Inermicosta? conspicua (=acuticostata?) (Braun in Sandberger, 1863)Germany (Oligocene) synonymized with acuticostata by Vokes, 1971; generic assignment is tentative
207Poirieria (Pazinotus?) constantiae (D'Ancona, 1871)Italy (Pliocene) -
208Chicoreus (Siratus) consuela (Verril, 1950)Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea (Pleistocene to Recent) -
209Pterynotus (Pterochelus) contabulatus (Lamarck, 1804)France (Eocene) -
210Trophon contortus Brunet, 1997Argentina (Middle or Late Miocene) Puerto Madryn Formation
211Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Mediterranean (Recent) -
212Dermomurex (Takia) cookei E.H. Vokes, 1975USA - Mississippi (Early/Middle Oligocene) oldest member of Dermomurex in the New World
213Poirieria (Panamurex) corniculatus (Vertgneau, 1959)France (Oligocene) -
214Chicoreus (s.s.) cornurectus (Guppy)Western Atlantic region (Miocene to Pliocene) -
215Drupella cornus (Roding, 1798)E. Africa - Indo-Pacific (Pleistocene) -
216Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) coronarius (=muticus) (Deshayes, 1865)France, England (Eocene) A synonym of S. (L.) muticus
217Chicoreus (s.s.) corrigendum E.H. Vokes, 1989Dominican Republic, Venezuela (Miocene) -
218Ocenebra coryphaena WoodringUSA - California (Pliocene to Pleistocene) see Powell & Stevens, 2000; San Pedro Formation
219Chicoreus (s.s.) cosmani Abbott & Finlay, 1979Dominican Republic, Jamaica to V.I. (Pliocene to Recent) known in the fossil record from a single specimen (Gurabo Formation)
220Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) costaricensis (Olsson, 1922)Costa Rica (Miocene) -
221Coralliophila (s.s.) costularis (Lamarck, 1816)Indo-Pacific, Red Sea (Pleistocene to Recent) -
222Dermomurex (s.s.) cotteaui (Stanislas-Meunier, 1880)France (Oligocene) oldest member of Dermomurex in the Old World
223Haustellum (s.s.) coulsoni (Ladd, 1977)Fiji (Pliocene) -
224Dermomurex (s.s.) cracentis E.H. Vokes, 1989Dominican Republic (Pliocene) -
225Muricopsis (Risomurex) crassicosta (Benoist, 1873)France, USA - Florida, Venezuela (Miocene) -
226Vitularia (Lyropurpura) crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835)France (Eocene) -
227Dermomurex? crassiliratus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Pliocene) -
228Thais (s.s.) crassulnata Hedley, 1915Australia (Pleistocene) -
229"Murex" craticulatus Brocchi, 1814Austria (-) from OeType website
230Ocenebra (Hadriana) credneri (Hoernes & Auinger)Austria, Poland, Slovenia (Middle Miocene) found in the Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) of Slovenia, per Mikuz & Horvat
231Pterynotus (s.s.) crenulatus tricarinatus (Roding, 1798)England / France (Eocene) this form found in the Bracklesham Beds of the UK
232Pterynotus (s.s.) crenulatus tricuspidatus (Deshayes, 1835)England / France (Eocene) often called P. asper (most common form in the UK, Barton Beds)
233Pterynotus (s.s.) crenulatus trigonus (Roualt)France (Eocene) -
234Poirieria (Paziella) cretacea Garvie, 1991USA - Texas (Cretaceous) Campanian-Maastrichtian, per M&H 2003
235Homalocantha crispangula (Heilprin, 1886)USA - Florida (Oligo/Miocene) -
236Muricopsis (s.s.) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)Mediterranean / N. Africa, Vienna Basin (Miocene to Recent) Baluk figures 2 specimens from the Miocene of Poland, both lacking spines
237Trophonopsis? cuisensis (Cossmann & Pissaro, 1913)France (Eocene) -
238Urosalpinx cumberlandiana (Gabb, 1860)USA - New Jersey (Late Oligo / Early Mio) -
239Lyrotyphis (s.s.) cuniculosus (Nyst, 1836)France, Denmark, Belgium (Oligocene) see Keen, 1944
240Vitularia (s.s.) curtansata (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
241Kestocenebra curvicosta (Grateloup, 1840)France (Early Miocene) see Vermeij, 1998; Bordeaux and Saucats (Burdigalian)
242Dermomurex (Takia) curviductus E.H. Vokes, 1975USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
243Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus (Conrad, 1848)USA - Mississippi (Oligocene) -
244Pterynotus (Purpurellus) cyclopterus (Millet, 1866)France, Poland (Mio/Pliocene) -
245Favartia? czjzeki (Hornes)Poland (Middle Miocene) per Baluk website
246Calotrophon dadeensis (=ostrearum?) Petuch, 1994USA - Florida (Pliocene) Pinecrest Beds (Bird Road)
247Pterynotus (Ponderia) daguini (Magne, 1940)France (Eocene) -
248Pterynotus? danicus -----Denmark (Paleocene) generic assignment does not seem correct
249Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) darienensis Gertman, 1969Panama (Miocene) -
250Xymene dautzenbergi von Ihering, 1897Patagonia (Unknown) see Beu et al., 1997
251Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) davisi Richards, 1943USA - N. Carolina (Oligocene) -
252Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791)West Africa (Late Pleistocene to Recent) per Vermeij, 1998
253Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846)Costa Rica (Pleistocene) -
254Muricopsis (?) defossus (Pilkington)England (Eocene) Barton Beds
255Pteropurpura (s.s.) delbosiana Grateloup, 1848France, Turkey, Austria (Miocene) P. scalariformis is a potential variety from the Burdigalian of Belgium
256Planecphora delicata Petuch, 1988USA - Maryland (Miocene) Boston Cliffs Member of Choptank Fm. (Serravallian)
257Chicoreus (Siratus) denegatus (Jung, 1965)Venezuela (Miocene) -
258Chicoreus? dennanti (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
259Typhis (Rugotyphis) dentatus Johnson, 1899USA - Mississippi (Eocene) -
260Muricopsis (?) denudata (Deshayes, 1835)France (Eocene) -
261Jsowerbya depauperata (Deshayes, 1865)France (Eocene) -
262"Ocenebra" depoensis Moore, 1963USA - Oregon (Early Middle Miocene) known and described from one specimen
263Ocenebra? dertonensis MayerAustria, Slovenia (Miocene) from OeType website; in Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) of Slovenia per Mikuz & Horvat
264Poirieria (Flexopteron) deshayesi (Nyst, 1836)Germany, Denmark, Hungary (Oligocene to Miocene?) as "Boreotrophon deshayesi" in the Oligocene/Miocene of Denmark
265Concholepas deshayesi Rambur, 1862France (Miocene) -
266Poirieria (Flexopteron) deshayesi permagna (Schaffer, 1912)Austria (-) from OeType website
267Poirieria (Paziella) deslongchampsi (Deshayes, 1865)France (Eocene) -
268Pterynotus (s.s.) didymus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Miocene) -
269Haustellum (Vokesimurex) diegelae (=rubidus) Petuch, 1994USA - Florida (Pleistocene) Holey Land Unit
270Chicoreus (s.s.) dilectus (A. Adams)Gulf of Mexico region (Pliocene to Recent) Bermont & Ft. Thompson Fms.
271Typhis (Typhina) disjunctus (Tate, 1887)Australia (Lower Miocene) Balcomian; Muddy Creek and Schnapper Point (see Keen, 1944)
272Hexaplex distans (Deshayes, 1835)France (Eocene) -
273Homalocantha? distans (Deshayes, 1835)France (Eocene) Merle, 2003 refers to this as ?Favartia
274Dermomurex (?) distinctus (=scalaroides?) (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)Italy (Pliocene to Recent) -
275Murex (s.s.) djarianensis djarianensis Martin, 1895Java (Miocene) -
276Murex (s.s.) djarianensis poppei Houart, 1979Malaysia (Plio/Pleistocene) -
277Haustellum (s.s.) dolichourus Ponder & Vokes, 1988Indo-Pacific (Plio/Pleistocene) -
278Trophonopsis (?) dollfusi (Brebion, 1964)France (Mio/Pliocene) -
279Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis (Guppy, 1866)Western Atlantic region (Miocene to Plio-Pleistocene) -
280Vitularia (s.s.) dominicana E.H. Vokes, 1977Dominican Republic (Miocene) -
281Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis (Gabb)Dominican Republic, Mexico (Pliocene) -
282Chesathais donaldasheri Petuch, 1989USA - Maryland (Miocene) -
283Haustellum (Vokesimurex) donmoorei (Bullis, 1964)Northern South America (Pliocene to Recent) -
284Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) dormani E.H. Vokes, 1967USA - Mississippi (Oligocene) -
285Favartia (Pygmaepterys) drezi (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980)USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) -
286Edithais drezi E.H. Vokes, 1972USA - Florida (Lower Miocene) extinct genus; see Vermeij, 1998
287Pterorytis (Microrhytis) dryas (Gardner, 1947)USA - Florida & possibly