Jabarkan Catatan fosil dari Muricidae

Familia Muricidae pertama kali muncul dalam catatan fosil dalam era Aptian pada periode Cretaceous.

Menurut buku "Taxonomy of the Gastropoda" (karya Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) familia Muricidae terdiri dari sejumlah sub-familia berikut:

Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 - synonym: Magilidae Thiele, 1925

Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Muricopsinae Radwin & d'Attilio, 1971

Rapaninae Gray, 1853 - synonym: Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888

Tripterotyphinae d'Attilio & Hertz, 1988

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Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.-P. (2011). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the World, Part Muricinae. 648 pp., 182 colour plates, ConchBooks, Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-32-9.

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