| Phylum: | MOLLUSCA | |
| Classe: | GASTROPODA | Cuvier, 1797 |
| Ordine: | NEOGASTROPODA | Thiele, 1929 |
| Superfamiglia: | MURICOIDEA | Da Costa, 1776 |
| Famiglia: | Muricidae | Da Costa, 1776 |
| Murex | Linneo, 1758 | Bolinus | Push, 1837 |
| Aspella | Mörch, 1877 | Dermomurex | Monterosato, 1890 |
| Hexaplex | Perry, 1811 | Pterynotus | Swainson, 1833 |
| Favartia | Jousseaume, 1880 | Janopsis | Rovereto, 1889 |
| Muricopsis | B.D.D., 1882 | Ocenebra | Gray J.E., 1847 |
| Ocinebrina | Jousseaume, 1880 | Heteropurpura | Jousseaume, 1880 |
| Hadriania | B.D.D., 1882 | Typhinellus | Jousseaume, 1880 |
| Trophon | Montfort, 1810 | Acanthina | Fischer V. Waldheim, 1807 |
| Nucella | Roeding, 1798 | Thais | Roeding, 1798 |
| Orania | Pallary, 1900 | Coralliphila | Adams H. & A., 1853 |