Subfamily Magellaniinae Beecher 1893 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Parent taxon: Terebratellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Adnatidinae, Anakineticinae, Chathamithyris, Erihadrosia, Magadinae, Magadinella, Magasella, Neothyridinae, Pirothyris, Stethothyridinae, Tanakura, Terebratellinae
Subtaxa: Diedrothyris Magellania Victorithyris
Type: Magellania
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1)
• Miocene of Australia (9)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (7), Australia (20)
• Paleogene of Antarctica (2)
Total: 50 collections including 58 occurrences