Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Parent taxon: Eulimidae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
See also Darragh 2017, Devries 2019, Durham 1944, Harris and Palmer 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Wenz 1938 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Anteglosia, Apicalia, Asterolamia, Asterophilidae, Chileutomia, Coroniscala, Curveulima, Echineulima, Entoconchidae, Eulima, Eulitoma, Fusceulima, Hebeulima, Hemiliostraca, Hoplopteron, Hordeulima, Hypermastus, Leutzenia, Lissochilina, Margineulima, Megadenus, Microstilifer, Mucronalia, Niso, Paedophoropodidae, Parvioris, Peasistilifer, Pelseneeria, Pictobalcis, Polygireulima, Pulicicochlea, Pyramidelloides, Rostreulima, Sabinella, Scalenostoma, Sticteulima, Stilapex, Stilifer, Stiliferidae, Thyca, Trochostilifer, Vitreobalcis, Balcis, Leiostraca, Protonema, Strombiformis
Subtaxa: Melanella (Melanella) Melanella (Polygyreulima) Melanella acuella Melanella arnoldi Melanella badenia Melanella bolivarensis Melanella coalingana Melanella conoidea Melanella dufresnei Melanella eborea Melanella fossilis Melanella indicaformis Melanella jacksonensis Melanella jamaicensis Melanella kaiparaensis Melanella karsteni Melanella migrans Melanella seymourensis Melanella thersites Melanella waikomitica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Morocco (3), United States (42: California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), India (1), Italy (2), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (2), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Germany (3), India (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (3: Delaware, New Jersey)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Colombia (2), France (3), New Zealand (2), Peru (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (32: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (6), Poland (1), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 148 collections including 178 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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