Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Parent taxon: Turridae according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet 2015, Bouchet et al. 2011, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1964, Wilson 1994, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Adelocythara, Amekicythara, Amuletum, Andicula, Awateria, Beretra, Cochlespirella, Cochlespiropsis, Cryptoconinae, Cryptogemma, Daphinellinae, Decollidrillia, Drilliinae, Drillinae, Eopleurotoma, Eosurcula, Epalxis, Epidirella, Eucheilodon, Fusimilis, Gemmula, Genotia, Glabrocythara, Hemisurcula, Hesperiturris, Iotyrris, Kuroshioturris, Lepicythara, Lophiotoma, Lucerapex, Lurifax, Lutema, Lyrosurcula, Megasurcula, Michela, Muteluma, Nasavusavuia, Optoturris, Pachycythara, Parasyngenochilus, Perrona, Pleurofusia, Polystira, Procerapex, Protosurcula, Pseudoraphitoma, Ptychosyrinx, Remnita, Scalaturris, Scobinella, Sedilia, Sinistrella, Sullivania, Surculites, Surculoma, Trachelochetus, Trypanotoma, Trypanotopsis, Turridrupa, Turrinae, Turrinosyrinx, Turris, Unedogemmula, Vaughanites, Xenuroturris
Subtaxa: Aoteadrillia Aphanitoma Ophiodermella Phenatoma Tomopleura
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), Mexico (5), United States (32: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (4), Mexico (1), United States (7: California)
• Miocene of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), United States (5: California, Washington)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), New Zealand (3), United States (4: Washington)
Total: 80 collections including 94 occurrences