Family Thaididae Röding 1798 (snail)
Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Parent taxon: Muricacea according to E. J. Petuch 1992
See also Gordillo 1991
Sister taxon: Peonza
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Djibouti (1), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), Kenya (4), Mozambique (1), Namibia (3), the Seychelles (5), South Africa (4), Sudan (1), United States (7: Hawaii), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 47 collections including 57 occurrences