Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Synonyms: Cottonia Iredale 1934, Mamillana Crosse 1871, Pterospira Harris 1897
Parent taxon: Zidoninae according to B. Wilson 1994
See also Darragh 1989 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelomelon, Alcithoe, Ericusa, Guivillea, Harpovoluta, Iredalina, Mauira, Mauithoe, Melo, Metamelon, Miomelon, Pachycymbiola, Pachymelon, Palaeomelon, Palomelon, Sigaluta, Spinomelon, Teremelon, Zidona, Zygomelon
Subtaxa: Pterospira alticostata Pterospira hannafordi Pterospira mortoni Pterospira stephensi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Haiti (2)
• Pliocene of Haiti (1)
• Miocene of Australia (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
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