Alternative spelling: Pleurotomariina
Full reference: L. R. Cox and J.B. Knight. 1960. Suborders of the Archaeogastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 33:262-264
Parent taxon: Vetigastropoda according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2017, Knight et al. 1960, Nützel et al. 2018, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016, Schnetler et al. 2024 and Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amberleyoidea, Angarioidea, Blodgettella, Cirroidea, Crosseolidae, Frydatinus, Jurassiphorus, Lepetellida, Microdomatoidea, Nodoconus, Pendromidae, Pleurotomarioidea, Ptychomphaloidea, Purkynespira, Schizogonioidea, Seguenziida, Seguenzioidea, Selenimorpha, Trochina, Trochoidea, Turbinoidea
Subtaxa: Fissurellacea
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence