Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Purpura miocenica

Belongs to Coralliophila according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Coralliophila (Coralliophila), Coralliophila (Fuxomurex), Coralliophila (Pseudomurex), Coralliophila abberans, Coralliophila caribaea, Coralliophila klostermanni, Coralliophila meyendorffii, Coralliophila neritoidea

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore