Family Areneidae McLeam 2012 (snail)
Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Areneidae
Parent taxon: Trochoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Landau et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Angariidae, Araeonematidae, Ataphridae, Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Epulotrochidae, Eucochlidae, Fossarinidae, Liotiidae, Metriomphalidae, Nododelphinulidae, Phasianellidae, Sclarotrardidae, Skeneidae, Solariellidae, Strianematina, Tegulidae, Trochidae, Turbinidae, Ueckerconulus, Velainellidae
Subtaxa: Marevalvata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Florida, North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (4: North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence