Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spellings: Columbella (Alia), Pyrene (Alia)
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to M. deMaintenon and E. E. Strong 2022
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Mexico (9), United States (56: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Italy (3), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 85 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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