Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Coralliophila monterosatoi		Atlantic Ocean.	2.3 DL	1897
Coralliophila neritoidea	Purple coral shell	Indo-West Pacific.	4 ShH	1816
Coralliophila nivea		Western Pacific		1853
Coralliophila nodosa		Eastern Central Pacific		1854
Coralliophila nukuhiva		Eastern Central Pacific		2008
Coralliophila nux		Southeast Pacific		1846
Coralliophila orcuttiana		Southeast Pacific		1919
Coralliophila pacei		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1987
Coralliophila panormitana		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Coralliophila parva		Southeast Pacific		1877
Coralliophila patruelis		Eastern Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1890
Coralliophila persica		Western Indian Ocean		1897
Coralliophila porphyroleuca		Eastern Central Pacific		1870
Coralliophila pulchella		Central Pacific		1854
Coralliophila pyritormis		Western Central Pacific	5 TL	1954
Coralliophila radula	Pear-shaped coral shell	Indo-West Pacific		1855
Coralliophila richardi		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.8 DL	1882
Coralliophila rubrococcinea		Indo-West Pacific		1901
Coralliophila salebrosa	Panamaic vitularia	Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1864
Coralliophila scalariformis	Staircase coralsnail	Atlantic Ocean.	3.3 DL	1822
Coralliophila sertata		Indo-West Pacific.		1903
Coralliophila sofiae		Mediterranean Sea.		1876
Coralliophila solutistoma		Western Pacific	2.5 SHL	1966
Coralliophila squamosissima		Indo-West Pacific.		1876
Coralliophila squamulosa		Western Central Pacific		1846
Coralliophila suduirauti		Western Central Pacific		2003
Coralliophila turrita		Eastern Central Pacific		1888
Coralliophila violacea		Indo Pacific. Tropical a		1836
Coronium acanthodes		Indo Pacific. Tropical a		1882
Coronium coronatum		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL	1978
Coronium elegans		Western Atlantic.	7.1 DL	1996
Coronium oblongum		Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL	1996
Coronium wilhelmensis		Eastern Pacific.		1981
Crassilabrum crassilabrum		Southeast Pacific		1834
Cronia avellana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1846
Cronia fenestrata		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1832
Cronia funiculus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1828
Cronia margariticola		Indo-Pacific.		1832
Cymatium mohorteri		Western Atlantic.	7.6 DL	1952
Cytharamorula eximius		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH	1844
Cytharomorula absidata		Western Central Pacific	1.3 SHL	2019
Cytharomorula ambonensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1996
Cytharomorula arta		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 SHL	2019
Cytharomorula danigoi		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1995
Cytharomorula elegantula		Central Pacific.	1.7 SHL	2019
Cytharomorula fatuhivaensis		Eastern Central Pacific	1.7 SHL	2019
Cytharomorula grayi		Eastern Central Pacific		1889
Cytharomorula lefevreiana		Central Pacific		1880
Cytharomorula manusuduirauti		Western Pacific	1.2 SHL	2019
Cytharomorula paucimaculata		Central Pacific		1903
Cytharomorula pinguis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Cytharomorula severnsi		Western Central Pacific		2020
Cytharomorula springsteeni		Central Pacific		1995
Cytharomorula vexillum		Western Central Pacific		1953
Dermomurex abyssicolus		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1865
Dermomurex alabastrum		Western Central Atlantic	3.0 NG	1864
Dermomurex antecessor		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1975
Dermomurex binghamae		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1992
Dermomurex bobyini		Western Central Pacific		1984
Dermomurex colombi		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	2006
Dermomurex elizabethae		Western Atlantic	2 DL	1940
Dermomurex glicksteini		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1987
Dermomurex gutta		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Dermomurex infrons		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1974
Dermomurex kaicherae		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1987
Dermomurex lanceolatus		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Dermomurex leali		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1991
Dermomurex manonae		Western Atlantic.		2019
Dermomurex neglecta		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1965
Dermomurex neglectus		Western Central Pacific		1971
Dermomurex olssoni		Western Central Atlantic	2.3 DL	1989
Dermomurex oxum		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1979
Dermomurex pacei		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1988
Dermomurex paulinae		Western Atlantic.		2019
Dermomurex pauperculus	Beggar aspella	Western Atlantic.	3 DL	1850
Dermomurex sarasuae		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1992
Dermomurex scalaroides		Mediterranean Sea.		1829
Dermomurex trivaricosus		Western Indian Ocean	1.6 SHL	2017
Dermomurex trondleorum		Eastern Central Pacific		1990
Dermomurex worsfoldi		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1992
Dicathais orbita	White rock shell	Indo-West Pacific.		1791
Drupa albolabris		Indo-West Pacific.		1832
Drupa clathrata	Clathrate drupe	Central Pacific.		1816
Drupa elegans		Eastern Central Pacific		1829
Drupa morum	Purple Pacific drupe	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a		1798
Drupa ricinus	Prickly Pacific drupe	Indo-Pacific		1758
Drupa rubusidaeus	Strawberry drupe	Indo-West Pacific		1798
Drupa spathulifera		Northwest Pacific		1832
Drupa speciosa		Eastern Central Pacific		1867
Drupella cariosa		Indo-West Pacific.		1828
Drupella cornus	Horn drupe	Indo-Pacific		1798
Drupella eburnea		Eastern Central Pacific		1862
Drupella fragum		Pacific Ocean.		1832
Drupella gibba		Western Central Pacific		1873
Drupella margariticola		Indo-West Pacific		1833
Drupella minuta		Northwest Pacific		1984
Drupella ochrostoma		Central Pacific.		1832
Drupella rugosa	Rugose drupe	Indo-Pacific		1778
Drupina grossularia	Digitate Pacific drupe	Pacific Ocean		1798
Drupina lobata		Western Indian Ocean		1832
Enatimene bassetti		Southwest Pacific		1998
Engina leucozonia		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1950
Enixotrophon atanua		Eastern Central Pacific		2008
Enixotrophon petalospeira		Eastern Central Pacific		2022
Enixotrophon pulchellus		Eastern Central Pacific		1911
Enixotrophon pumilus		Eastern Central Pacific		2022
Ergalatax contracta	Contracted rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	3.7 SHH	1846
Ergalatax crassulnata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1915
Ergalatax dattilioi		Western Pacific		1998
Ergalatax junionae		Mediterranean Sea and Wes		2008
Ergalatax margariticola	Shouldered castor bean	Central Pacific.		1832
Eupleura caudata	Thick-lip drill	North America.	2.8 DL	1822
Eupleura grippi		North America.		1911
Eupleura muriciformis		North America.		1833
Eupleura nitida		North America.		1833
Eupleura pectinata		North America.		1844
Eupleura sulcidentata	Sharp-rib drill	Western Central Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1890
Favartia alveata	Frilly dwarf triton	Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1842
Favartia aquinoi		Western Atlantic.		2019
Favartia balteata		Indo-West Pacific		1841
Favartia barbarae		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1994
Favartia bicolor		Western Atlantic.		2019
Favartia brevicula		Central Pacific	3 ShH	1834
Favartia cellulosa	Pitted murex	Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL	1846
Favartia cirrosa		Western Central Pacific		1844
Favartia colombi		Western Indian Ocean		2011
Favartia coltrorum		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	2005
Favartia concava		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Favartia conleyi		Central Pacific		1999
Favartia cyclostoma		Western Indian Ocean		1841
Favartia deynzeri		Western Indian Ocean		1998
Favartia dondani		Western Central Pacific		1984
Favartia dorothyae		Western Central Pacific	1.8 ShH	1965
Favartia eastorum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1998
Favartia flexirostris		Western Indian Ocean		1898
Favartia garrettii		Western Pacific		1868
Favartia germainae		Western Pacific		1980
Favartia guamensis		Central Pacific		1979
Favartia hidalgoi		Central Pacific		1869
Favartia jeanae		Western Central Pacific	1 ShH	1980
Favartia judithae		Western Central Pacific		1980
Favartia kanneri		Western Central Pacific		2021
Favartia leonae		Western Pacific		1985
Favartia lindae		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1987
Favartia macgintyi		Western Atlantic.		1938
Favartia mactanensis		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1979
Favartia maculata		Central Pacific		1845
Favartia madangensis		Central Pacific		2020
Favartia massemini		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	2008
Favartia mikrostenos		Western Indian Ocean	0.9 SHL	2017
Favartia minirosea	Rosy drill	Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1954
Favartia minuta		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Favartia nivea		Southwest Pacific and Eas		2008
Favartia nucea		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1850
Favartia pacei		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1988
Favartia parthi		Western Central Pacific		1993
Favartia paulmieri		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2002
Favartia peasei		Indo-Pacific		1880
Favartia pelepili		Western Central Pacific		1980
Favartia peregrina		Central Pacific	1.5 ShH	1980
Favartia philcioveri		Western Central Pacific		1984
Favartia ponderi		Central Pacific		1989
Favartia rauli		Central Pacific		1990
Favartia richardbinghami		Central Pacific		1987
Favartia rosamiae		Pacific Ocean.	2 ShH	1985
Favartia roseotincta		Western Indian Ocean		2011
Favartia salmonea		Indo-West Pacific		1899
Favartia salvati		Southwest Pacific and Eas		2008
Favartia tetragona		Central Pacific		1833
Favartia varimutabilis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1991
Forreria belcheri	Giant chorus snail	Eastern Central Pacific		1843
Fuegotrophon pallidus		Eastern Central Pacific		1833
Galeropsis monodonta		Indo-Pacific.		1832
Gemixystus impolitus		Indo-Pacific.		2019
Gemixystus lenis		Indo-Pacific.		2019
Gemixystus leptos		Western Central Pacific		1995
Gemixystus rippangalei		Western Central Pacific		1998
Habromorula ambrosia		Pacific Ocean		1995
Habromorula biconica	Biconic rock shell	Western Central Pacific.		1832
Habromorula dumosa		Western Central Pacific		1837
Habromorula lepida		Western Central Pacific		1994
Habromorula spinosa		Western Central Pacific		1853
Hadriania craticulata		Mediterranean Sea.		1882
Haustellum anniae		Mediterranean Sea.	37.5 DL	1940
Haustellum bellegladeense	Belleglade murex	North America.		1963
Haustellum cabritii		Western Atlantic	62 DL	1859
Haustellum dentifer		Western Central Pacific	10 TL	1883
Haustellum gallinago		Western Pacific		1903
Haustellum haustellum	Snipe's bill murex	Indo-West Pacific	15.1 ShH	1758
Haustellum kiiensis	Kii murex	Western Pacific.		1959
Haustellum kurodai		Western Central Pacific		1964
Haustellum longicaudum		Western Indian Ocean		1891
Haustellum mindanaoensis		Western Central Pacific		1841
Haustellum multiplicatus		Indo-West Pacific		1895
Haustellum rectirostris	Hen murex	Western Pacific.	8.5 ShH	1841
Haustellum rubidum	Rose murex	Western Central Atlantic		1897
Haustellum vicdani		Western Central Pacific		1980
Hexaplex ambiguus		To be filled.		1845
Hexaplex angularis	Angular murex	Eastern Central Atlantic		1822
Hexaplex brassica	Cabbage murex	Southeast Pacific		1822
Hexaplex cichoreum	Endive murex	Western Central Pacific.	15 ShH	1791
Hexaplex duplex		To be filled.		1798
Hexaplex erythrostomus	Pink-mouthed murex	Central America		1831
Hexaplex fulvescens	Giant Eastern murex	Western Central Atlantic.	18.5 DL	1834
Hexaplex kuesterianus		Western Indian Ocean.		1875
Hexaplex nigritus		To be filled.		1845
Hexaplex pecchiolianus		Mediterranean Sea.		1871
Hexaplex princeps	Prince murex	Southeast Pacific		1833
Hexaplex pseudoduplex		Southeast Pacific		2021
Hexaplex pudica		Eastern Atlantic.		1845
Hexaplex radix		To be filled.		1791
Hexaplex regius	Regal murex	Eastern Pacific	17 SHL	1821
Hexaplex rileyi		Western Indian Ocean		1984
Hexaplex stainforthi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1843
Hexaplex strausi		Western Atlantic.	5.9 DL	1950
Hexaplex trunculus	Banded dye-murex	Eastern Atlantic and Medi	8.3 SHL	1758
Hirtomurex filiaregis		Western Central Pacific		1959
Hirtomurex marshalli		Southwest Pacific		2008
Hirtomurex oyamai		Western Central Pacific		1985
Hirtomurex squamosus	Lamellose coral-shell	Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1838
Hirtomurex tangaroa		Southwest Pacific		2009
Hirtomurex teramachii		Western Central Pacific		1959
Hirtomurex winckworthi		Western Central Pacific		1930
Homalacantha anatomica		Indo-West Pacific.		1811
Homalocantha anomaliae	Anomalous murex	Western Central Pacific	5 ShH	1979
Homalocantha dondani		Western Central Pacific		1989
Homalocantha granpoderi		Western Central Pacific		2011
Homalocantha ninae		Western Central Pacific		2011
Homalocantha pisori		Western Central Pacific		1989
Homalocantha scorpio	Scorpion murex	Western Central Pacific		1758
Homalocantha sowerbyi		Western Central Pacific		2022
Homalocantha zamboi	Zambo's murex	Western Central Pacific		1960
Indothais blanfordi		Indo-West Pacific.		1893
Indothais lacera	Carinate rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1778
Indothais malayensis		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Indothais sacellum		Western Indian Ocean		1791
Lamellitrophon carinatus		Western Indian Ocean		2022
Lamellitrophon tangaroa		Western Indian Ocean		2022
Lataxiena fimbriata	Fimbriate false latiaxis	Indo-West Pacific.	5 ShH	1844
Latiaxis celinamarumai		Western Central Pacific	3.8 ShH	1980
Latiaxis cristatus		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL	1979
Latiaxis dalli		Western Central Pacific	55 DL	1963
Latiaxis deburghiae		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1857
Latiaxis dunkeri		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH	1931
Latiaxis eugeniae		Western Central Pacific	5 ShH	1853
Latiaxis fearnleyi		Western Central Pacific	6 ShH	1981
Latiaxis fruticosus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1979
Latiaxis gemmatus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1966
Latiaxis gyratus		Western Central Pacific	5 ShH	1844
Latiaxis japonicus		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1882

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