†family Purpurellidae Bellardi 1882 (snail)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Purpurellidae
Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988
Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Coralliophilidae, Cystiscidae, Fulgerca, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Tudiclidae, Volutidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Purpurellidae in the database