Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Tritonalia
Parent taxon: Purpura according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Gardner 1948, Harzhauser 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Purpura (Thalessa), Purpura alata, Purpura bufo, Purpura bufo, Purpura depressa, Purpura foliata, Purpura liguta, Purpura mancinella, Purpura nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura singuensis, Purpura topangensis, Purpura turrita, Purpura umbilicata
Subtaxa: Purpura (Tritonalia) vindobonensis Tritonalia dorrancei Tritonalia quilonica Tritonalia suborbiculata Tritonalia volutaeformis Tritonalia yneziana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), South Africa (1), United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Greece (2), India (1), Poland (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Hungary (1)
Total: 20 collections including 27 occurrences