Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Latiaxis juliae			2.8 DL	1939
Latiaxis kawamurai		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1954
Latiaxis kiranus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1971
Latiaxis latipinnatus		Western Central Pacific		1961
Latiaxis mansfieldi	Mansfield's Latiaxis	Western Central Atlantic		1940
Latiaxis mawae		Western Central Pacific	7 ShH	1834
Latiaxis mucatanica		Western Central Pacific	3.2 ShH	1979
Latiaxis pagodus	Pagoda latiaxis	Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH	1853
Latiaxis pilsbryi	Pilsbry's Latiaxis	Western Pacific	4.5 ShH	1908
Latiaxis pisori		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1980
Latiaxis purpuraterminus		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH	1979
Latiaxis purpuratus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1859
Latiaxis shingomarumai		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1981
Latiaxis takahashii		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1979
Lauta parva		Western Central Pacific		1846
Leptoconchus lamarckii	Lamarck's coral-shell	Central Pacific		1863
Leptoconchus peronii		Central Pacific		1818
Leptotrophon acerapex		Western Central Pacific		1986
Leptotrophon angulatus		Western Central Pacific		2021
Leptotrophon atlanticus		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2008
Leptotrophon bernadettae		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon biocalae		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon caledonicus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon caroae		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon charcoti		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon coralensis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon coriolis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon inaequalis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon levii		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon lineorugosus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon marshalli		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon metivieri		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon minirotundus		Western Central Pacific		1986
Leptotrophon minispinosus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon musorstomae		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon occiduus		Western Central Pacific		2022
Leptotrophon penelaevis		Western Central Pacific		2021
Leptotrophon prolatus		Western Central Pacific		2021
Leptotrophon protocarinatus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon richeri		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon rigidus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon spinacutus		Western Central Pacific		1986
Leptotrophon surprisensis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon turritellatus		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon virginiae		Western Central Pacific		1995
Leptotrophon wanganella		Western Central Pacific		2022
Lindapterys sanderi		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1987
Litozamia subtropicalis		Southwest Pacific		1912
Litozamia tropis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Maculotriton bracteatus		Indo-Pacific		1844
Maculotriton digitalis		Indo-West Pacific		1844
Maculotriton serriale		Indo-Pacific.	2 ShH	1834
Magilus antiquus	Burrowing coral-shell	Indo-Pacific.		1810
Mancinella alouina	Alou rock shell	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL	1798
Mancinella armigera		Western Central Pacific		1807
Mancinella deltoidea		Western Atlantic.	5.2 NG	1822
Mancinella herberti		Western Indian Ocean		1998
Mancinella nodulosa		Western Atlantic.		1791
Marchia bipinnata		Western Central Pacific		1845
Marchia elongata		Western Central Pacific		1786
Marchia laqueata		Western Central Pacific		1841
Marchia martinetana		Western Central Pacific		1798
Marchia triptera		Central Pacific		1778
Maxwellia gemma	Gem murex	East Pacific.		1879
Maxwellia santarosana	Santa Rosa murex	East Pacific.		1905
Menathais bimaculata		Western Indian Ocean		1845
Menathais intermedia	Intermediate rock shell	Indo-Pacific		1836
Menathais tuberosa		Indo-Pacific		1798
Minibraria monroei		Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1962
Mipus crebrilamellosus		Western Central Pacific		1913
Mipus eugeniae		Western Central Pacific		1853
Mipus fusiformis		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1902
Mipus gyratus		Indo-West Pacific		1844
Mipus intermedius		Western Central Pacific		1985
Mipus matsumotoi		Indo-West Pacific		1985
Mipus miyukiae		Western Central Pacific		1985
Mipus ovoideus		Western Central Pacific		1985
Monstrotyphis adelos		Western Central Pacific		2021
Monstrotyphis goniodes		Western Indian Ocean	1.1 SHL	2017
Monstrotyphis maestratii		Western Indian Ocean		2021
Monstrotyphis montforti		Western Central Pacific		1863
Monstrotyphis sera		Western Central Pacific		2021
Monstrotyphis singularis		Eastern Central Pacific		2002
Monstrotyphis tosaensis		Northwest Pacific		1960
Morula angulata		Central Pacific		1893
Morula aspera		Indo-West Pacific		1816
Morula bicatenata		Central Pacific		1846
Morula borealis		Northeast Asia		1904
Morula cernohorskyi		Eastern Central Pacific		1997
Morula ceylonica		Indo-West Pacific		1923
Morula chaidea		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1832
Morula chrysostoma		Western Indian Ocean		1844
Morula dichrous		Central Pacific		1880
Morula didyma		Central Pacific		1943
Morula echinata		Central Pacific		1846
Morula funicula		Indo-West Pacific		1828
Morula fusca		Indo-West Pacific		1862
Morula mutica		Indo-West Pacific		1816
Morula nodicostata		Central Pacific.		1846
Morula nodiscotata		Western Central Pacific		1868
Morula nodulifera	Nodulated rock shell	Indo-West Pacific.		1829
Morula nodulosa		Western Central Atlantic		1845
Morula oparensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1912
Morula palmeri		Southwest Pacific		1967
Morula peasei		Southwest Pacific and Eas		2002
Morula porphyrostoma		Western Central Pacific		1846
Morula praecipua		Southeast Pacific		1980
Morula purpureocincta		Western Central Pacific		1909
Morula rodgersi		Western Central Pacific		2000
Morula spinosa		Indo-Pacific		1855
Morula squamosa		Indo-West Pacific		1868
Morula striata		Central Pacific		1868
Morula uva		Indo-Pacific		1798
Morula variabilis		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1868
Morula zebrina		Eastern Central Pacific		2004
Murex acanthostephes		Eastern Indian Ocean		1883
Murex aduncospinosus		Western Pacific	12 ShH	1841
Murex aedonius		Western Pacific		1896
Murex altispira		Western Central Pacific		1988
Murex beauii		Western Central Pacific	12 DL	1857
Murex brevispina	Short-spinned murex	Western Central Pacific		1822
Murex carbonnieri		Indo-West Pacific		1881
Murex cellulosa		Indo-West Pacific	2.9 DL	1846
Murex ciboney		Indo-West Pacific	59 DL	1945
Murex duplex	Duplex murex	Atlantic Ocean		1798
Murex echinodes		Western Indian Ocean		2011
Murex falsitribulus		Western Pacific		1988
Murex formosus		Western Pacific	8 DL	1841
Murex forskoehlii		Introduced to the Mediter		1798
Murex fulvescens		Western Central Atlantic	18.5 DL	1834
Murex hidalgoi		Western Central Atlantic	3.8 DL	1869
Murex maculatus		Western Central Atlantic		1950
Murex mindanoensis		Western Central Pacific	20 ShH	1841
Murex nigrispinosus		Western Central Pacific	12 ShH	1845
Murex occa		Western Central Pacific		1834
Murex pecten	Venus comb murex	Indo-West Pacific	15 ShH	1786
Murex philippinensis		Western Central Pacific		1994
Murex recurvirostris		Western Central Atlantic		1833
Murex scolopax	Scalloped murex	Western Indian Ocean.		1817
Murex spectabilis		Western Central Pacific		1988
Murex surinamensis		Indian Ocean.	9.9 DL	1982
Murex tenuirostrum		Indo-West Pacific.		1822
Murex ternispina	Black-spined murex	Indo-West Pacific	12 SHL	1822
Murex trapa	Rarespined murex	Indo-West Pacific	11.5 SHL	1798
Murex tribulus	Caltrop murex	Indo-West Pacific	10.5 SHL	1758
Murex troscheli	Troschel's Murex	Western Pacific	20 ShH	1868
Murexiella balteata		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1841
Murexiella cargilei		Western Atlantic.		2003
Murexiella edwardpauli		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1990
Murexiella glypta	Carved murex	Western Atlantic	2.5 DL	1938
Murexiella hidalgoi		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1869
Murexiella hilli		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1987
Murexiella judithae		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1980
Murexiella kalafuti		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1987
Murexiella levicula	Lightweight murex	Western Central Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1889
Murexiella macgintyi		Western Atlantic	4 DL	1938
Murexiella martini		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1977
Murexiella pelepili		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1980
Murexiella puntagordana		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1962
Murexiella taylorae		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1987
Murexsul aradasii		Mediterranean Sea.		1883
Murexsul cevikeri		Mediterranean Sea.		2000
Murexsul chesleri		Western Central Atlantic	3.3 DL	2006
Murexsul emipowlusi		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1954
Murexsul harasewychi		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1987
Murexsul huberti		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1976
Murexsul jahami		Western Central Atlantic		2011
Murexsul khareefae		Western Indian Ocean		2012
Murexsul oxytatus	Hexagonal murex	Western Central Atlantic.	4 DL	1938
Murexsul sunderlandi		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1987
Murexsul tokubeii		Western Central Pacific		1964
Murexsul zylmanae		Western Atlantic.	4.6 DL	1993
Murichorda fiscellum	Little basket drupe	Central Pacific	3 SHH	1791
Muricodrupa anaxares		Indo-West Pacific		1836
Muricodrupa fenestrata		Central Pacific		1832
Muricodrupa funiculus		Western Central Pacific		1828
Muricodrupa triangulatus	Triangular trophon	Pacific Ocean		1868
Muricopsis barbarae		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Muricopsis caribbaea		Western Central Atlantic		1939
Muricopsis chiarae		Western Indian Ocean		1991
Muricopsis corallinus		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Muricopsis cristatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1814
Muricopsis deformis		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL	1846
Muricopsis josei		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1994
Muricopsis leblondae		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Muricopsis linealbus		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Muricopsis marcusi		Western Atlantic.	3.0 DL	1994
Muricopsis mariangelae		Eastern Central Atlantic		1991
Muricopsis matildae		Eastern Central Atlantic		1991
Muricopsis omanensis		Western Indian Ocean		1986
Muricopsis perexigua		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 DL	1994
Muricopsis principensis		Eastern Central Atlantic		1991
Muricopsis rosea	Pink drupe	Western Central Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1846
Muricopsis warreni		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1993
Naquetia barclayi	Barclay's murex	Indo-West Pacific.	9 ShH	1858
Naquetia capucina		Indo-Pacific.		1798
Naquetia cumingii	Cuming's murex	Indo-West Pacific.		1853
Naquetia trigonula		Western Central Pacific		1816
Naquetia triqueter	Three angled murex	Central Pacific		1778
Nassa francolina	Francolina jopas	Indo-Pacific	7 ShH	1789
Nassa serta	Wreath jopas	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	7 SHL	1789
Nassa situla		Western Indian Ocean		1846
Nassa trancolina		Western Central Pacific	7 TL	1789
Nassa tuamotuensis		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1996
Nectoteuthis pourtalesii		Western Atlantic.		1883
Neorapana grandis		Southeast Pacific		1835
Neothais harpa		Eastern Central Pacific		1837
Neothais marginatra	Marginate drupe	Indo-Pacific		1832
Neothais nesiotes		Southeast Pacific		1908
Neothais smithi		Southwest Pacific		1889
Nipponotrophon exquisitus		Northeast Pacific		2019
Nipponotrophon scitulus		Northeast Pacific		1891
Nipponotrophon stuarti	Winged trophon	Eastern Pacific	6 NG	1880
Nodulotrophon coronatus	Crown trophon	Eastern Pacific and the A		1864
Nodulotrophon pumae		Eastern Pacific and the A		2020
Nodulotrophon scolopax		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1882
Nodulotrophon septus		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1882
Nucella angustior		Northeast Pacific		2019
Nucella canaliculata	Channeled dogwinkle	Pacific Ocean	4 NG	1832
Nucella emarginata	Emarginate dogwinkle	Pacific Ocean	2.8 NG	1839
Nucella lamellosa	Frilled dogwinkle	Pacific Ocean and Northwe	8 SHH	1791
Nucella lapillus	Atlantic dogwinkle	Northern Atlantic and the	4 DL	1758
Nucella lima	File dogwinkle	Pacific Ocean	3 NG	1791
Nucella ostrina	Northern striped dogwinkle	Northeast Pacific.		1852
Ocenebra aparicioae		Northeast Pacific.		2020
Ocenebra atropurpurea		Northeast Pacific.		1865
Ocenebra circumtexta		Northeast Pacific.		1871
Ocenebra crispatissima		Northeast Pacific.		1953
Ocenebra emipowlusi		Northeast Pacific.	10 DL	1954
Ocenebra erinaceus	Hedge hog murex	Mediterranean and Eastern	6.5 TL	1758
Ocenebra foveolata		Mediterranean and Eastern		1844
Ocenebra inermicosta		Eastern Atlantic.		1964
Ocenebra inornata		Northeast Pacific		1851
Ocenebra interfossa		Canada		1864
Ocenebra japonica		To be filled.		1860
Ocenebra lurida		Northeast Pacific		1848
Ocenebra minirosea		Western Atlantic	7.7 DL	1954
Ocenebra minor		Western Atlantic		1919
Ocenebra salahi		Western Atlantic		2021
Ocenebra sclera		Eastern Pacific
Ocenebra vazzanai		Eastern Pacific		2020
Ocenotrophon painei	Ribbed rocksnail	East Pacific.		1903
Ocinebrina aciculata		Mediterranean Sea.		1822
Ocinebrina atropurpurea	Purple rocksnail	East Pacific.		1865
Ocinebrina barbarensis	Santa Barbara rocksnail	East Pacific.		1865
Ocinebrina beta	Beta rocksnail	East Pacific.		1919
Ocinebrina circumtexta	Circled rocksnail	East Pacific.		1871
Ocinebrina corallinoides		Mediterranean Sea.		1912
Ocinebrina edwardsii		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Ocinebrina foveolata	Dim rocksnail	East Pacific.		1844

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