Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Alternative spellings: Costellaria, Mitra (Costellaria), Turricula (Costellaria)
Parent taxon: Vexillum according to O. Mandic et al. 2002
See also Davoli 2000, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Maury 1917, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Vexillum (Pusia), Vexillum (Vexillum), Vexillum acupictum, Vexillum amanda, Vexillum cadaverosum, Vexillum coronatum, Vexillum daedalum, Vexillum deshayesi, Vexillum echinatum, Vexillum exasperatum, Vexillum jasperi, Vexillum lindequisti, Vexillum lornense, Vexillum plicaria, Vexillum polygonum, Vexillum sanguisugum, Vexillum unifascialis, Vexillum wandoense
Subtaxa: Turricula (Costellaria) bullennewtoni Vexillum (Costellaria) cryptidulum Vexillum (Costellaria) dasaplurum Vexillum (Costellaria) javanum Vexillum (Costellaria) leurum Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadum
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Djibouti (2), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Fiji (3), India (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (4), the Marshall Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (2), France (1), Indonesia (9), the Marshall Islands (6), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), Indonesia (1)
Total: 53 collections including 67 occurrences