Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Alternative spelling: Pyrimidella
Synonym: Obeliscus Gray 1847 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Pyramidellinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Addicott 1970, Durham 1944, Harris and Palmer 1947, Holmes 1859, Kensley 1972, Kosnik 2002, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Todd 2001, van Aartsen et al. 1998, Wenz 1938 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Obeliscus zitteli Pyramidella (Pyramidella) Pyramidella acus Pyramidella conica Pyramidella etheringtoni Pyramidella fremonti Pyramidella grateloupi Pyramidella gratteloupi Pyramidella laeviuscula Pyramidella maculosa Pyramidella meyeri Pyramidella mitralis Pyramidella mucronis Pyramidella preblei Pyramidella slevini Pyramidella sulcata Pyramidella suturalis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), Fiji (1), French Polynesia (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (2), United States (15: California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Ecuador (6), Fiji (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), the Netherlands (1), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Germany (30), Indonesia (6), Italy (1), the Philippines (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (3), Indonesia (2), United States (101: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Poland (1), United States (6: Alabama, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 212 collections including 303 occurrences
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