Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Synonym: Gonioconcha Bonarelli 1921
Parent taxon: Thiaridae according to T. Kase 1984
See also Nuttall 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Wenz 1938
Sister taxa: Aylacostoma, Bayania, Brotiopsis, Kumania, Neoradina, Pachymelania, Semisinusinae, Sheppardiconcha, Stomatopsinae, Sulcospira, Thiarinae, Yoshimonia
Subtaxa: Pyrgulifera (Pyrgulifera) Pyrgulifera bicarinata Pyrgulifera lajollaensis Pyrgulifera striata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: California collections)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Poland (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Spain (6), United States (29: Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 50 collections including 52 occurrences
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