Genus Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

TYPE SPECIES. — Murex blainvillei Payraudeau, 1826 (by original designation), junior synonym of Murex cristatus Brocchi, 1814 .Middle Miocene: Paratethys. Late Miocene to Pliocene: Mediterranean Sea. Recent: Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Atlantic (Portugal and the Canaries). Fossil range from Landau et al. (2007).