Family Coralliophilidae Chenu 1859 (snail)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Ladd 1982, Martin 1904 and Wienrich 2001
Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Cystiscidae, Fulgerca, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Purpurellidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Tudiclidae, Volutidae
Subtaxa: Latiaxis Leptoconchus Quoyula
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), Kenya (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), France (2), the Marshall Islands (2)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (7: Maryland, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences