Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Alternative spellings: Distorsio (Personella), Personella
Synonym: Byramia MacNeil and Dockery 1984
Parent taxon: Sassia according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Gardner 1947, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton protensus, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia tortirostris, Proxicharonia palmeri
Subtaxa: Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (58: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence