Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Alternative spelling: Cochlespirinae
Parent taxon: Conoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1964 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aforia Apiotoma Chesasyrinx Clavosurcula Cochlespira Nannoidella Nihonia Sibogasyrinx Tropisurcula
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), India (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (5), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Panama (5), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (7), Grenada (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (7), United States (5: Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (1), United States (21: Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Australia (2), France (2), India (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (113: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Poland (2), United States (6: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 219 collections including 336 occurrences