Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Alternative spelling: Odostomia (Besla)
Parent taxon: Pyramidellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aartsenia, Agatha, Bartschella, Boonea, Brachystomia, Callolongchaeus, Careliopsis, Chemnitzia, Chrysalida, Creonella, Cyclostremella, Dunkeria, Eulimella, Evalea, Gumina, Henrya, Herviera, Iolaea, Iselica, Ivara, Ividella, Kleinella, Lacrimiforma, Linopyrga, Longchaeus, Milda, Miralda, Nisosyrnola, Nodostoma, Odontostomia, Odostomella, Odostomia, Odostomiinae, Odostominae, Ondina, Orinella, Otopleura, Paramormula, Peristichia, Pharcidella, Ptycheulimella, Pyramidellinae, Pyrgolampros, Pyrgulina, Salassia, Sayella, Strioturbonilla, Syrnola, Tiberia (Cossmannica), Triptychus, Turbonillinae, Ugartea, Waikura
Subtaxa: Besla cossmanni Odostomia (Besla) rotundomontana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Panama (2), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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