Family Amathinidae Ponder 1987 (snail)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Amathinidae
Parent taxon: Pyramidelloidea according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Beesley 1998, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Damesia, Heteronerita, Heteroneritidae, Jaminia, Murchisonellidae, Pyramidellidae, Tjaernoiidae, Tristeirostoma
Subtaxa: Amathina Aorotrema Clathrella Cyclothyca Leucotina Monotigma
Type: Amathina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Poland (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence