Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Adegoke 1977, DeVries 2000, MacNeil 1960, Sohl 1964, Sohl 1964, Vermeij and Herbert 2004 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, 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, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Acanthais Agnewia Califrapana Concholepas Cymia Dicathais Drupa Drupina Ecphora Indothais Mancinella Menathais Nassa Neorapana Neothais Phycothais Pinaxia Plicopurpura Purpura Rapana Reishia Sargana Semiricinula Stramonita Taurasia Thais Thaisella Thalessa Tribulus Tritonopsis Vasula Vexilla
Type: Rapana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (2), Australia (8), the Bahamas (2), Bermuda (1), Chile (20), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Eritrea (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (13), Kenya (1), Mexico (17), Morocco (6), Mozambique (1), Namibia (8), Pakistan (1), Peru (11), Portugal (8), Saudi Arabia (2), South Africa (9), Spain (9), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (2), Tonga (2), United States (33: California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Uruguay (2), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), Guam (1), Malaysia (3), South Africa (1), United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Chile (7), Costa Rica (3), India (1), Indonesia (6), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (3), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (5), Peru (22), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (48: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (3)
• Neogene of Chile (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Chile (1), Colombia (24), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (17), Fiji (1), France (1), Greece (3), Haiti (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Japan (3), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (11), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (7), Peru (10), Poland (1), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (149: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), Myanmar (1), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (24: California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (4: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1), Hungary (1), United States (58: Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 673 collections including 842 occurrences