Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Parent taxon: Melanellidae according to J. A. Gardner 1948
See also Gardner 1947, Oostingh 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anteglosia, Apicalia, Asterolamia, Asterophilidae, Chileutomia, Coroniscala, Curveulima, Echineulima, Entoconchidae, Eulima, Eulitoma, Fusceulima, Hebeulima, Hemiliostraca, Hoplopteron, Hordeulima, Hypermastus, Leutzenia, Lissochilina, Margineulima, Megadenus, Melanella, Microstilifer, Mucronalia, Niso, Paedophoropodidae, Parvioris, Peasistilifer, Pelseneeria, Pictobalcis, Polygireulima, Pulicicochlea, Pyramidelloides, Rostreulima, Sabinella, Scalenostoma, Sticteulima, Stilapex, Stilifer, Stiliferidae, Thyca, Trochostilifer, Vitreobalcis, Balcis, Leiostraca, Protonema
Subtaxa: Strombiformis raymondi Strombiformis riversi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Indonesia (2), United States (12: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Germany (3), New Zealand (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (7: Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 35 collections including 41 occurrences
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