Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Parent taxon: Melongenidae according to N. F. Sohl 1964
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Busyconinae, Cornulina, Echinofulgurinae, Fascioplex, Fyfea, Levifusus, Lomirosa, Melongeninae, Nipponitys, Palaeatractus, Protobusycon, Pseudomazzalina, Pugilina, Saginafusus, Saturnus, Sycostoma, Torquifer, Tropochasca, Volema
Subtaxa: Pyrifusus crassus Pyrifusus ejundicus Pyrifusus sinuocostatus Pyrifusus subdensatus Pyrifusus subliratus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of South Africa (1 collection), United States (80: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 81 collections including 88 occurrences
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