Muricopsis

Muricopsis
An apertural view of a shell of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Muricopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882
Species
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Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Muricopsis :^[1]

• Muricopsis carnicolor Bozzetti, 2009

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) annobonensis Houart & Rolán, 2001
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) chiarae Bozzetti, 1991
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) delemarrei Houart, 2005
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) ghisottii Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gilbertharrisi (Weisbord, 1962)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gofasi Houart, 1993
• Muricopsis gorii Houart, 2012
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) haidari Houart, 2003
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) hernandezi Rolán & Gori, 2007
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) josei Vokes, 1994
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) marcusi Vokes, 1994
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) matildeae Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) mcleani Wiedrick, 2009
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana (Pilsbry, 1900)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) omanensis Smythe & Oliver, 1986
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) perexigua (Vokes, 1994)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) principensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) seminolensis Vokes & Houart, 1986
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga discissus Houart, 1990
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
• Muricopsis (Muricopsis) testorii Houart & Gori, 2008

Muricopsis (Risomurex) Olsson & McGinty, 1958

• Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea (Reeve, 1846)
• Muricopsis (Risomurex) schrammi (Crosse, 1863)
• Muricopsis (Risomurex) withrowi Vokes & Houart, 1986

Species brought into synonymy 

• Muricopsis angolensis Odhner : synonym of Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis aradasii (Poirier, 1883) : synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
• Muricopsis blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826) : synonym of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristatus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Muricopsis diadema (Aradas & Benoit, 1876) : synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
• Muricopsis mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : synonym of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutilus mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
• Muricopsis medicago (Watson, 1897) : synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
• Muricopsis (Murexsul) ianlochi Houart, 1987: synonym of Murexsul ianlochi (Houart, 1987)

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) ^[2]

• Muricopsis ednae (M. Smith, 1940) : synonym of Murexsul interserratus (Sowerby, 1879) ^[3]
• Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886) : synonym of Murexsul espinosus Hutton, 1886 ^[4]
  • Muricopsis espinosus mariae (Finlay, 1930) : synonym of Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930 ^[5]
• 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) ^[6]
• Muricopsis planilirata (Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845) ^[7]

References

1. WoRMS : Muricopsis
2. OBIS : Muricopsis
3. WoRMS : Murex ednae M. Smith, 1940
4. OBIS : Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886)
5. WoRMS : Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
6. WoRMS : Murex hexagonus var. oxytata M. Smith, 1938
7. WoRMS : Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)

• "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]