Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Sellards 1917, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1994
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, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Purpura (Thalessa) Purpura (Tritonalia) Purpura alata Purpura bufo Purpura bufo Purpura depressa Purpura foliata Purpura liguta Purpura mancinella Purpura nanna Purpura saxicola Purpura singuensis Purpura topangensis Purpura turrita Purpura umbilicata
Type: Purpura foliata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Eritrea (1), Japan (3), Mexico (4), Morocco (5), Pakistan (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), United States (8: California, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), United States (4: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), United States (8: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Myanmar (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Indonesia (2), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1), Hungary (1)
Total: 66 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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