Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm 2008
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Chiesa et al. 1995, DeVries 2005, DeVries 2005, Hickman 1980, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Anatrophon Apixystus Benthoxystus Chesatrophon Enatimene Enixotrophon Eopaziella Gemixystus Lenitrophon Litozamia Paratrophon Scabrotrophon Terefundus Trophon Vesanula Xanthochorus Xenotrophon Xymene Xymenopsis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (15), Chile (7), Greenland (13), Iceland (2), India (1), Ireland (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Peru (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California, Florida, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (2), Chile (11), Ecuador (1), India (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (17), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (9: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (17), Australia (3), Chile (2), Denmark (1), India (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (7), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (5), Austria (1), Denmark (6), Hungary (2), New Zealand (2), United States (2: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 193 collections including 264 occurrences