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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Mollusks
  4. Gastropods
  5. Neogastropods
  6. Murex Snails and Allies
  7. Murex Snails

family

Murex Snails

Muricidae

Includes
58 native 2 introduced 25 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Ocenebrinae 31 native
  • Rapanine Whelks 9 native
  • Muricinae 7 native
  • Aspellinae 6 native
  • Ergalataxinae 3 native
  • Latiaxis Snails 2 native
  • Pagodulinae
  • Typhinae
  • Haustrinae
  • Vitularia
  • Mustached Bat
  • Homalocantha

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native murex snails All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Striped Dogwinkle Nucella ostrina 6,342 observations
  • Angular Unicorn Acanthinucella spirata 1,767 observations
  • Dark Unicorn Mexacanthina lugubris 1,287 observations
  • Poulson's Dwarf Triton Roperia poulsoni 1,135 observations
  • Nuttall's Hornmouth Ceratostoma nuttalli 787 observations
  • Emarginate Dogwinkle Nucella emarginata 748 observations
  • Circled Rocksnail Paciocinebrina circumtexta 522 observations
  • Granulated Castor Bean Maculotriton serriale 269 observations
  • Intermediate Thais Menathais intermedia 84 observations
  • Neothais harpa 47 observations
  • Amplidrupa aperta 15 observations

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