Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Alternative spellings: Distorsio (Personella), Personella
Synonym: Byramia MacNeil and Dockery 1984
Parent taxon: Sassia according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Gardner 1947, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia annectans, Proxicharonia palmeri, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton cyphus
Subtaxa: Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (58: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence