Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Crassimurex, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: none
Type: Coralliophila
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (10), Kenya (1), the Marshall Islands (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Portugal (2), the Seychelles (3), United States (6: California, Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), Spain (3), United States (3: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (8), Germany (8), Hungary (2), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (3), the Marshall Islands (6), Palau (1), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (3), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Madagascar (1), United States (8: Maryland, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 112 collections including 150 occurrences