Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Parent taxon: Purpurinidae according to T. Kase 1984
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angularia, Cimoliocentrum, Leviathania, Microschiza, Moerckeia, Ochetochilus, Parangularia, Protofusus, Pseudoscalites, Purpurina, Tretospira, Werfenella
Subtaxa: Purpuroidea acatlana Purpuroidea applanata Purpuroidea cerithiformis Purpuroidea crassenodosa Purpuroidea praecursor Purpuroidea rugosa Purpuroidea subcerithiformis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Portugal (2)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (5), France (5), Israel (1), Italy (1), Jordan (17), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (14)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Hungary (8), Iran (2), Italy (7), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 74 collections including 83 occurrences
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