Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Parent taxon: Thiaridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Vaught et al. 1989 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Aylacostoma, Bayania, Brotiopsis, Kumania, Neoradina, Pachymelania, Pyrgulifera, Semisinusinae, Sheppardiconcha, Stomatopsinae, Sulcospira, Yoshimonia
Subtaxa: Brotia Coptostylus Cornetia Fijidoma Melanoides Tarebia Thiara
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Greece (1), Japan (2), Kenya (3), Mauritius (1), Niger (2), the Philippines (1), Sudan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (22), the Philippines (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Germany (2), Indonesia (7), Italy (9), Kenya (1), the Philippines (1), Spain (1), Uganda (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (5), Germany (3), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Algeria (1), Brazil (1), France (6), Indonesia (2), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Spain (7), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (48), United States (7: Alabama, California, Washington), Vietnam (1)
• Paleogene of Japan (2)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Canada (5: Alberta), France (3), Japan (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Luxembourg (1)
• Triassic of Austria (4), Germany (1), Italy (1)
Total: 179 collections including 257 occurrences