Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to F. S. MacNeil 1960
See also Beu et al. 1990, Sepkoski 2002, White 1889 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, Cantharus, Chrysodomus, Clinopegma, Colinae, Colubraria, Colus, 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: Cominella (Cominella) Cominella (Cominula) Cominella (Eucominia) Cominella (Josepha) Cominella (Procominula) Cominella annandalei Cominella clelandi Cominella colemani Cominella crassina Cominella douvillei Cominella eocenica Cominella lecontei Cominella maculosa Cominella pertusa Cominella praecursor Cominella pumila Cominella retifera Cominella staufti Cominella subfilicea Cominella supracostata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Japan (2), New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), New Zealand (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of New Zealand (8), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (5), Egypt (1), France (1), Nigeria (6), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (9: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Greenland (3), Poland (3), United States (2: Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 68 collections including 73 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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