Family Orbitestellidae Iredale 1917 (snail)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae
Parent taxon: Valvatoidea according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988
See also Beesley 1998 and Knight et al. 1960
Sister taxa: Cornirostridae, Hyalogyrinidae, Valvatidae
Subtaxa: Microdiscula Orbitestella Praeorbitestella
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (1), Indonesia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (3)
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences