Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Parent taxon: Melongenidae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vermeij and Lozouet 2012
Sister taxa: Brunneifusus, Cornulina, Echinofulgurinae, Fascioplex, Fyfea, Heligmotoma, Lenifusus, Levifusus, Lomirosa, Melongena, Melongeninae, Nipponitys, Palaeatractus, Protobusycon, Pseudomazzalina, Pugilina, Pyrifusus, Saginafusus, Saturnus, Sycostoma, Taphon, Torquifer, Tropochasca, Volegalea
Subtaxa: Volema (Hemifusus)
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Japan (5), Saudi Arabia (3), Taiwan (2), Thailand (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), the Philippines (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (5), Japan (2)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (2: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (29: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), Poland (1)
Total: 61 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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