Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spelling: Mitrella (Columbellopsis)
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970, Gardner 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Wienrich 2001 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, 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: Columbellopsis nycteis Mitrella (Columbellopsis) alta Mitrella (Columbellopsis) richthofeni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Jamaica (2)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), Panama (4), United States (2: California)
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Greenland (1)
Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences
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