Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Synonym: Korovina Iredale 1918
Parent taxon: Vanikoridae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet 2012, Ladd 1972, Lozouet 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Macromphalus, Megalomphalus, Radinista, Vanikorinae, Vanikoropsis
Subtaxa: Vanikoro cancellata Vanikoro cancellatus Vanikoro japonica Vanikoro rudoi
Type: Sigaretus cancellatus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), the Marshall Islands (1), United States (1: Hawaii)
• Pliocene of India (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), France (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Indonesia (2)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Greenland (1), Israel (1), United States (3: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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