Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spellings: Alia, Columbella (Alia)
Parent taxon: Pyrene according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Gabb 1866, Oldroyd 1925, Oostingh 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Pyrene ocellata, Pyrene scripta, Pyrene testudinaria, Pyrene turturina
Subtaxa: Alia carinata Alia unifasciata Columbella (Alia) bandongensis Columbella (Alia) tegalensis Pyrene (Alia) polonica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Mexico (11), United States (39: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), United States (4: California)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Greece (1), Italy (3), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 71 collections including 74 occurrences