Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Parent taxon: Gyrodes according to W. P. Popenoe et al. 1987
See also Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Sister taxa: Gyrodes (Hypterita), Gyrodes (Sigaretopsis), Gyrodes (Sohlella), Gyrodes allisoni, Gyrodes amplissima, Gyrodes brunsvicensis, Gyrodes depressa, Gyrodes edura, Gyrodes expansa, Gyrodes globosus, Gyrodes greeni, Gyrodes mahalanobisi, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes onensis, Gyrodes pacificum, Gyrodes robustus, Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
Subtaxa: Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli Gyrodes (Gyrodes) robustus Gyrodes (Gyrodes) supraplicatus Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Mozambique (2), United States (73: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 84 collections each including a single occurrence