Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Murex (Pteronotus), Murex (Pterynotus)
Synonyms: Marchia Jousseaume 1880, Pterymurex Roverto 1899, Timbellus de Gregario 1885
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, 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, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Siphonochelus, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila
Subtaxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus), Pterynotus pinnatus, Pterynotus swainsoni, Pterynotus velificus, Pterynotus washingtonicus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore