Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Alternative spelling: Protopirula
Parent taxon: Pirula according to R. L. Squires and R. Graham 2014
See also Beu et al. 1990, Kiel and Bandel 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus australis, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chehalisensis, Ficus chinguensis, Ficus chiraensis, Ficus colombiana, Ficus communis, Ficus concinnus, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus decussata, Ficus distans, Ficus gayana, Ficus gesteri, Ficus gibsonsmithi, Ficus greenwoodi, Ficus harrisi, Ficus huzayeni, Ficus kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, Ficus merita, Ficus microphylla, Ficus mississippiensis, Ficus modesta, Ficus montana, Ficus multiformis, Ficus multinervis, Ficus myricoides, Ficus nervosa, Ficus nexilis, Ficus ovalis, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus paraensis, Ficus pilsbryi, Ficus posadasensis, Ficus remondii, Ficus rodeoensis, Ficus sinuosa, Ficus spectabilis, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Ficus wynoochensis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Gonysycon epomis, Ficus (Diconoficus) meridionalis, Ficus (Diconoficus) austrinus, Pyrula cochlidium, Pirula ficus, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula ficoides, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula dussumieri, Pirula promensis, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula penita, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula subcarinata
Subtaxa: none
Type: Pirula (Protopirula) capensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pirula (Protopirula) in the database