Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Givens and Kennedy 1976, MacNeil 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Accidenticulabrum, Agasoma, Aliofusus, Amarophos, Anomalisipho, Aquilofusus, Austrocominella, Babylonia, Bailya, Beringiinae, Bolis, Brachysphingus, Buccininae, Buccinopsis, Buccitriton, Burnupena, Cantharus, Cymatophos, Cyrtochetus, Dipsaccus, Donovaniinae, Editharus, Egotistica, Eobuccinella, Euthrenopsis, Hanetia, Hindsia, Kaiparanura, Kergipenion, Khetella, Lacinia, Laevibuccinum, Latrunculus, Loochooia, Metaphos, Metula, Misifulgur, Monoptygma, Monostiolum, Nawenia, Neosconsia, Neptuneinae, Nicema, Odontobasis, Ornopsis, Pangoa, Paracominia, Parancistrolepidinae, Parkeristoma, Parvisipho, Pegocomptus, Perunassa, Pisaninae, Plicifusus, Pomahakia, Pseudofulgur, Pseudolivinae, Pseudoneptunea, Ptychosalpinx, Sagenella, Scalaspira, Searlesia, Siphonaliinae, Stantonella, Suessionia, Suessonia, Terebrifusus, Tritonidea, Trominina, Truncaria, Varicosipho, Volutopsiinae, Wrigleya, Zaglenum, Zelandiella
Subtaxa: Janiopsis californiensis Janiopsis ewekoroensis Janiopsis nigeriensis Janiopsis sanmarcoensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Italy (3)
• Eocene of France (1), Nigeria (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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