MURICIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(a family of whelks and oyster drills)

Interactions where MURICIDAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is predator of live Cirripedia barnacles British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Muricidae/Muricidaea family of whelks and oyster drillsadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnacleslive
adult adult is predator of live MOLLUSCA slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Muricidae/Muricidaea family of whelks and oyster drillsadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Mollusca/Molluscaslugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugslive
adult adult is predator of live BIVALVIA bivalves British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Muricidae/Muricidaea family of whelks and oyster drillsadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Bivalviabivalveslive

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

MURICIDAE (a family of whelks and oyster drills) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
OCENEBRINAE
a subfamily of molluscs
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms 6 references
Rapana venosa
Veined Rapa Whelk
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMURICIDAE (a family of whelks and oyster drills)
SuperfamilyMURICOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderNEOGASTROPODA (an order of predatory gastropods)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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MURICIDAE (a family of whelks and oyster drills) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MURICIDAE (a family of whelks and oyster drills):

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