Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Synonyms: Acupurpura, Murex (Acupurpura)
Parent taxon: Murex according to M.C. Perrilliat 1987
See also Gardner 1947, Hendy 2007, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Oostingh 1935, Robba et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Murex (Promurex), Murex (Rhinocantha), Murex (Subpterynotus), Murex (Tubicauda), Murex asteriscus, Murex bifrons, Murex camplytropis, Murex cancellinus, Murex cingulatus, Murex clathratus, Murex colubrinus, Murex concinnus, Murex contabulatus, Murex cowlitzensis, Murex crowfootii, Murex davisi, Murex didymus, Murex fluctuosus, Murex frondosus, Murex grooti, Murex hamiltonensis, Murex junghuhni, Murex kellumi, Murex lignarius, Murex macgillivrayi, Murex manubriatus, Murex minutus, Murex mississippiensis, Murex nodularius, Murex pachystirus, Murex packardi, Murex paradoxicus, Murex perangulatus, Murex pondicherriensis, Murex prionotus, Murex pseudonystii, Murex reedi, Murex reticulosus, Murex rhysus, Murex sandersoni, Murex scorpionius, Murex sopenahensis, Murex spinacostatas, Murex striatulus, Murex temalentus, Murex textiliosus, Murex torturosus, Murex trinchinopolitensis, Murex trinodosus, Murex tripterus, Murex tubifer, Murex viperinus, Murex wadiai
Subtaxa: Murex (Acupurpura) verbeeki Murex (Murex) antillarum Murex (Murex) chipolanus Murex (Murex) djarianensis Murex (Murex) gilli Murex (Murex) nicholsi Murex (Murex) quirosensis Murex (Murex) toreia Murex (Murex) troscheli
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Indonesia (1), the Philippines (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (3), Haiti (1), Indonesia (4), Pakistan (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Fiji (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), United States (16: Florida)
Total: 39 collections including 53 occurrences