Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Synonym: Triphoris Deshayes 1832
Parent taxon: Triphoridae according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Gardner 1948, Hendy et al. 2008, Ladd 1972, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Biforina, Cautotriphora, Costatophora, Inella, Iniforinae, Marshallora, Mastoniaeforis, Metaxiinae, Monophorus, Norephora, Triforinae, Triphorinae, Viriola
Subtaxa: Triphora (Cosmotriphora) Triphora (Eocautor) Triphora (Iniforis) Triphora (Mastonia) Triphora (Ogivia) Triphora (Triphora) Triphora hemphilli Triphora kanakoffi Triphora perversa Triphora rakhiensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), China (5), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), the Marshall Islands (5), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Tuvalu (1), United States (11: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (3), Japan (2), Mexico (2), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (3: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (8), France (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), the Marshall Islands (3), Palau (1), Poland (2), Slovakia (2), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (5: Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (5), Germany (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), France (1), Greenland (1), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 124 collections including 168 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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