Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Synonyms: Cuma Swainson 1840, Purpura (Cuma) Swainson 1840
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
See also Addicott 1970, Clark and Arnold 1923, Harzhauser 2002, Kensley and Pether 1986, Ladd 1977, Oostingh 1935, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vermeij 2001, Wilson 1994 and Woodring 1959
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, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Thais (Mancinella) Thais (Polytropa) Thais (Thais) Thais (Vasula) Thais arenae Thais biserialis Thais bitubercularis Thais blakei Thais brevicula Thais clarkensis Thais cornwalli Thais dubia Thais kettlemanensis Thais lamellosa Thais packi Thais panzana Thais trancosana Thais tuberosa Thais wittichi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), the Bahamas (2), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Eritrea (1), India (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (13), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (6), Sudan (1), United States (15: California, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (19: California), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Italy (5), Japan (3), Mexico (3), South Africa (1), United States (4: California, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (5: California)
• Eocene of United States (3: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 113 collections including 137 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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