Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Alternative spelling: Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma)
Parent taxon: Drilliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Dall 1921 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agladrillia, Cymatosyrinx, Drillia, Splendrillia, Syntomodrillia, Stenodrillia, Antimelatoma, Pseudoinquisitor, Darbya, Hindsiclava, Crassopleura, Spirotropis, Sediliopsis, Chesaclava, Suavodrillia, Clathrodrillia
Subtaxa: Elaeocyma empyrosia Elaeocyma plicata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (6: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (6: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (4), United States (13: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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