Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spelling: Tritonidea (Cantharus)
Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Beu et al. 1990, Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Marks 1951, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Turner 1938, Vermeij 2001, Vredenburg 1923 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Accidenticulabrum, Aeneator, Agasoma, Aliofusus, Amarophos, Ancistrolepis, Antillophos, Aplus, Aquilofusus, Austrocominella, Austrofusus, Babylonia, Bailya, Beringiinae, Bolis, Brachysphingus, Buccininae, Buccinopsis, Buccinulum, Buccinum, Buccitriton, Burnupena, Caducifer, Chrysodomus, Clinopegma, Colinae, Colubraria, Colus, Cominella, Cymatophos, Cyrtochetus, Dipsaccus, Donovaniinae, Editharus, Egotistica, Engina, Enzinopsis, Eobuccinella, Euthrenopsis, Euthria, Gemophos, Hanetia, Hindsia, Iredalula, Janiopsis, Kaiparanura, Kergipenion, Khetella, Lacinia, Laevibuccinum, Latrunculus, Loochooia, Metaphos, Metula, Misifulgur, Monoptygma, Monostiolum, Nassa, Nawenia, Neosconsia, Nicema, Northia, Odontobasis, Ornopsis, Pangoa, Paracominia, Parancistrolepidinae, Pareuthria, Parkeristoma, Parvisipho, Pegocomptus, Penion, Perunassa, Phos, Pisania, Pisaniinae, Pisaninae, Pomahakia, Proneptunea, Prosipho, Pseudofulgur, Pseudolivinae, Pseudoneptunea, Ptychosalpinx, Savatieria, Scalaspira, Searlesia, Siphonalia, Siphonaliinae, Siphonofusus, Stantonella, Suessionia, Suessonia, Tasmeuthria, Terebrifusus, Tritonidea, Trominina, Truncaria, Varicosipho, Volutopsiinae, Wrigleya, Zaglenum, Zelandiella
Subtaxa: Cantharus (Cantharus) Cantharus (Endopachychilus) Cantharus (Eocantharus) Cantharus (Pollia) Cantharus (Zeapollia) Cantharus andoi Cantharus arnoldi Cantharus ashleyi Cantharus breaensis Cantharus brongniartianus Cantharus bucklandi Cantharus cowlitzensis Cantharus elsmerensis Cantharus erythrostoma Cantharus gilberti Cantharus lugubris Cantharus luliana Cantharus martiniana Cantharus occidentalis Cantharus perrini Cantharus polygona Cantharus tranquebaricus Cantharus varicosus Cantharus variegatus Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (3), the Bahamas (1), Cape Verde (1), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (1), Spain (8), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (8), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (6: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (1), the Dominican Republic (11), Ecuador (1), France (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Indonesia (3), Italy (4), Japan (1), Myanmar (3), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (5), Poland (1), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (9), Myanmar (7), Pakistan (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3), Colombia (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Japan (2), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (13: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Greenland (3), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alabama, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (17: California, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 203 collections including 237 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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