Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Pyrene (Alia) Pyrene (Pyrene) Pyrene ocellata Pyrene scripta Pyrene testudinaria Pyrene turturina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), Chile (1), Ecuador (4), Fiji (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Kenya (6), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (10), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (6), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (58: California, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (3), Indonesia (6), Japan (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (8), Indonesia (5), Italy (4), Japan (4), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), South Africa (1)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 150 collections including 168 occurrences
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