Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Synonyms: Choristidae Verrill 1882, Choristinae Verrill 1882, Euspiridae Cossmann 1907, Euspirinae Cossmann 1907, Mammillinae Iredale and McMichael 1962, Neveritinae Gray 1857
Parent taxon: Naticidae according to G. Pastorino 2005
See also Addicott 1970, Allison 1955, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Kabat 1991, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, MacNeil 1960, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977, Moore 1976, Ponder and Warén 1988, Popenoe et al. 1987, Robba et al. 1989, Sohl 1964, Squires 1984, Wilson 1993 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Amaurellina, Amauropsella, Amauropsina, Amauropsona, Amaurospina, Ampullospirinae, Austrocochlis, Banis, Chilocyclus, Cochlis, Eunatica, Euspirocrommium, Forator, Globisininae, Globulariinae, Gyrodinae, Lunatia, Magnatica, Maxwellinatica, Natica ocoyana, Payradeautia, Polinicinae, Sigatica, Sininae, Tanea, Taniella
Subtaxa: Aloconatica Carinacca Cryptonatica Friginatica Natica Naticarius Notocochlis Paratectonatica Proxiuber Stigmaulax Tasmatica Tectonatica
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (3), the Bahamas (1), Brazil (7), Canada (7: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (1), Costa Rica (5), Cuba (2), Djibouti (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), Eritrea (4), Fiji (1), French Polynesia (1), Greenland (11), Haiti (1), Iceland (12), India (3), Indonesia (1), Ireland (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (11), Kenya (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Mayotte (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (5), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), the Philippines (1), Portugal (6), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (11), Spain (3), Sudan (1), Taiwan (10), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (87: Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington), Vanuatu (3), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Guam (1), Malaysia (10), United States (8: California, Florida, Washington)
• Pliocene of Australia (3), Belgium (3), Colombia (8), Costa Rica (15), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (17), Ecuador (11), Fiji (4), Greece (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Iceland (4), India (2), Indonesia (28), Italy (8), Jamaica (6), Japan (12), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (26), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (4), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (16), the United Kingdom (3), United States (36: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (8), Ecuador (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (2), Australia (12), Austria (5), Belgium (3), Brazil (18), Chile (3), Colombia (34), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (80), Ecuador (9), Fiji (1), France (5), French Southern Territories (3), Germany (21), Greece (3), Grenada (3), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), India (33), Indonesia (29), Iran (1), Italy (7), Japan (16), Libya (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (10), Pakistan (4), Panama (108), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), the Philippines (2), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (1), Somalia (12), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (20), Turkey (5), United States (80: Alaska, California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (10)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), Haiti (2), Hungary (3), India (1), Israel (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (4), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (2), Romania (1), Somalia (9), United States (56: Alaska, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Bulgaria (4), Colombia (4), Croatia (4), Egypt (2), France (19), Germany (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (5), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Libya (1), Mexico (2), Namibia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Zealand (10), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (4), Peru (3), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (26), United States (207: Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (3), Belgium (1), Denmark (6), Egypt (2), France (1), Mali (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), United States (84: Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Angola (1), Antarctica (4), Argentina (2), Brazil (1), Cameroon (1), Chile (3), France (18), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Japan (2), Mexico (6), New Zealand (4), Peru (1), Poland (7), Portugal (7), Spain (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (22), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (39: California, Colorado, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Chile (37), Ethiopia (4), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (14), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (5), Yemen (2)
• Triassic of France (1), Germany (4), Indonesia (3), Italy (15), Jordan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alaska)
• Permian of Australia (1), Bolivia (1), Italy (4)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 1823 collections including 2449 occurrences