Family Bursidae Thiele 1925 (frog shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae

Parent taxon: Tonnoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Beu 2005, Beu 2010, Beu et al. 2012, Bouchet et al. 2005, Hickman 1980, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1984, Squires 1988 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Laubierinidae, Pisanianuridae

Subtaxa: Bufonaria Bursa Bursina Crossata Dulcerana Hanaibursa Marsupina Olequahia Ranellina Tutufa

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (1), the Bahamas (1), Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), Mexico (10), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (5), Sudan (1), Taiwan (9), United States (27: California, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Colombia (2), Costa Rica (7), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (2), Jamaica (10), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (2), Panama (12), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (6: California, Florida), Venezuela (13)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (11)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Colombia (10), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (17), Ecuador (3), France (3), Grenada (5), India (5), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (30), Peru (1), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (12)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Christmas Island (1)

• Oligocene of Peru (3), United States (3: Georgia, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Peru (4), United States (67: Alabama, California, Oregon, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Japan (3)

Total: 372 collections including 413 occurrences

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