Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Parent taxon: Turridae according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2011, Bouchet et al. 2005, Scarponi and Della Bella 2003 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Adelocythara, Amekicythara, Amuletum, Andicula, Awateria, Beretra, Borsoniinae, Cochlespirella, Cochlespiropsis, Cryptoconinae, Cryptogemma, Daphinellinae, Decollidrillia, Drillinae, Eopleurotoma, Eosurcula, Epalxis, Epidirella, Eucheilodon, Fusimilis, Gemmula, Genotia, Glabrocythara, Hemisurcula, Hesperiturris, Iotyrris, Kuroshioturris, Lepicythara, Lophiotoma, Lucerapex, Lurifax, Lutema, Lyrosurcula, Megasurcula, Michela, Muteluma, Nasavusavuia, Optoturris, Pachycythara, Parasyngenochilus, Perrona, Pleurofusia, Polystira, Procerapex, Protosurcula, Pseudoraphitoma, Ptychosyrinx, Remnita, Scalaturris, Scobinella, Sedilia, Sinistrella, Sullivania, Surculites, Surculoma, Trachelochetus, Trypanotoma, Trypanotopsis, Turridrupa, Turrinae, Turrinosyrinx, Turris, Unedogemmula, Vaughanites, Xenuroturris
Subtaxa: Boreodrillia Brachytoma Nitidiclavus Tylotiella
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Italy (7), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), Germany (37), India (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Myanmar (5), the Netherlands (2)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Myanmar (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (2)
Total: 65 collections including 106 occurrences