Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Parent taxon: Ellobioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Jeffery 2003, Salvador 2015 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Carychiidae, Trimusculidae
Subtaxa: Cassidula Ellobiinae Ellobium Melampinae Melampus Ophicardelus Ovatella Pedipedinae Pedipes Proplecotrema Pythiinae Tralia Zaptychiinae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), Peru (2), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (27: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), the United Kingdom (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Panama (2)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), China (1)
Total: 51 collections including 65 occurrences