Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Order Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938 see Suborder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
         Suborder Stenoglossa Bouvier, 1887
           Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
             Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 - drills
               Subfamily Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
                 Genus Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
                   1 Subgenus Calcitrapessa Berry, 1959
                   2 Subgenus Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880
                   3 Subgenus Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880
                   4 Subgenus Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
                   5 Subgenus Shaskyus Burch & Campbell, 1963