Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Parent taxon: Drilliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Gardner 1948, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Agladrillia, Clathrodrillia, Crassopleura, Cymatosyrinx, Drillia, Neodrillia, Spirotropis, Splendrillia, Stenodrillia, Syntomodrillia, Chesaclava, Pseudoinquisitor
Subtaxa: Bellaspira margaritensis Bellaspira niaddrina Bellaspira pentagonalis Bellaspira virginiana
Type: Mangelia virginiana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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