Family Prosiphonidae Powell 1951 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Prosiphonidae

Alternative spellings: Prosiphiinae, Prosiphoninae

Parent taxon: Buccinoidea according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022

See also Harasewych and Kantor 2004

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Anomacme Antarctodomus Antistreptus Argeneuthria Austrofusus Bathydomus Cavineptunea Chlanidota Chlanidotella Chlanificula Crenatosipho Drepanodontus Falsimacme Falsimohnia Fusinella Germonea Meteuthria Muffinbuccinum Neobuccinum Parabuccinum Probuccinum Proneptunea Prosipho Savatieria Spikebuccinum Strebela

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Type: Prosipho

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (7 collections), Argentina (2), New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (11)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (7)

• Eocene of New Zealand (6), Peru (1), United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (3), Australia (3), New Zealand (1)

Total: 54 collections including 66 occurrences

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