Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to P. Jung 1994
See also Mansfield 1925 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Amphissa, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Metulella (Thiarinella) Metulella caronensis Metulella dominicensis Metulella fusiformis Metulella venusta
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (8)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (23), Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences
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