Amphissa Adams and Adams 1853 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974

See also Durham 1944 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aesopus, 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, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella

Subtaxa: Amphissa acutecostata Amphissa columbiana Amphissa lineata Amphissa pulchrilineata Amphissa reticulata Amphissa undata Amphissa versicolor

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (12 collections), United States (57: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of United States (5: California)

• Miocene of Spain (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 77 collections including 86 occurrences

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