Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to F. S. MacNeil 1960
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Subtaxa: Cyllene fuscata Cyllene pretiosa
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection)
• Pliocene of India (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Japan (1), Myanmar (3)
• Eocene of United States (10: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (7: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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