Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
Alternative spelling: Fossaridae
Parent taxon: Planaxidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Jeffery 2003, Martin 1904, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wienrich 2001
Sister taxa: Angiola, Fissilabia, Hinea, Leioplanaxis, Orthochilus, Planaxinae
Subtaxa: Amplostoma Couthouyia Cymenorytis Fossarus Larinopsis Medoriopsis Micreschara Postalia Vouastia Zeradina
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections), Ecuador (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (12), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (3), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Austria (6), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (2), United States (11: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), France (4), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Madagascar (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 84 collections including 103 occurrences