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 (Centrifuga), 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 (1: 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: 16 collections including 23 occurrences