Family Cymatiidae Iredale 1913 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae

Parent taxon: Tonnoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Addicott 1970, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Hickman 1980, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1984 and Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Laubierinidae, Pisanianuridae

Subtaxa: Cubestana Distorsioninae Ranella

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Namibia (1), Pakistan (2), Spain (1), Sudan (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Pakistan (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), France (2), India (3), Indonesia (3), Myanmar (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida), Vanuatu (1)

• Oligocene of Myanmar (1), Pakistan (1)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), United States (15: Alabama, California, Texas)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (3), United States (15: Alabama, California, Illinois, Texas, Virginia)

Total: 69 collections including 73 occurrences

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