Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, 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, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Coralliophila Emozamia Magilidae Mipus Rapa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Italy (1), Japan (8), the Marshall Islands (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Portugal (2), the Seychelles (3), United States (6: California, Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), Spain (3), United States (3: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (8), Germany (8), Hungary (2), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (3), the Marshall Islands (4), Palau (1), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1), United States (32: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas)
Total: 125 collections including 146 occurrences