Gastropoda - Tonnoidea - 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 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton textilis, Proxicharonia palmeri, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia abbotti
Subtaxa: Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (63: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence