Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to K. Monsecour and D. Monsecour 2005
See also Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Amphissa, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Anachis Cotonopsis Exomilopsis Gatliffena Parviterebra Pseudamycla Pseudanachis Zella
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (12), Cayman Islands (3), China (3), Costa Rica (3), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (2), Portugal (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (56: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (10), Fiji (2), Haiti (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (5), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Panama (7), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (12: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Austria (5), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), France (1), Germany (24), Greece (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), the Marshall Islands (1), the Netherlands (2), Palau (1), Panama (43), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 269 collections including 340 occurrences