Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Synonym: Photinae Gray 1857
Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Vermeij 1997
Sister taxa: Accidenticulabrum, Aeneator, Agasoma, Aliofusus, Amarophos, Ancistrolepis, Antillophos, Aplus, Aquilofusus, Austrocominella, Austrofusus, Babylonia, Bailya, Beringiinae, Bolis, Brachysphingus, Buccininae, Buccinopsis, Buccinulum, Buccinum, Buccitriton, Burnupena, Caducifer, Cantharus, Chrysodomus, Clinopegma, Colinae, Colubraria, Colus, Cominella, Cymatophos, Cyrtochetus, Dipsaccus, Donovaniinae, Editharus, Egotistica, Engina, Enzinopsis, Eobuccinella, Euthrenopsis, Euthria, Gemophos, Hanetia, Hindsia, Iredalula, Janiopsis, Kaiparanura, Kergipenion, Khetella, Lacinia, Laevibuccinum, Latrunculus, Loochooia, Metaphos, Metula, Misifulgur, Monoptygma, Monostiolum, Nassa, Nawenia, Neosconsia, Nicema, Northia, Odontobasis, Ornopsis, Pangoa, Paracominia, Parancistrolepidinae, Pareuthria, Parkeristoma, Parvisipho, Pegocomptus, Penion, Perunassa, Phos, Pisania, Pisaninae, Pomahakia, Proneptunea, Prosipho, Pseudofulgur, Pseudolivinae, Pseudoneptunea, Ptychosalpinx, Savatieria, Scalaspira, Searlesia, Siphonalia, Siphonaliinae, Siphonofusus, Stantonella, Suessionia, Suessonia, Tasmeuthria, Terebrifusus, Tritonidea, Trominina, Truncaria, Varicosipho, Volutopsiinae, Wrigleya, Zaglenum, Zelandiella
Subtaxa: Ameranna Anna Austriumphis Chauvetia Hesperisternia Ickarus Preangeria Solenosteira
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Italy (2), Mexico (4), Morocco (5), Spain (1), United States (17: Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (5), Ecuador (1), Panama (4), South Africa (3), United States (3: California, Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (9), the Dominican Republic (2), Indonesia (2), Panama (23), Peru (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (12: California, Florida, Georgia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Austria (1)
Total: 110 collections including 132 occurrences