Gastropoda - Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Alternative spelling: Cavolinidae
Parent taxon: Thecosomata according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Beesley 1998, Gardner 1947, Hendy 2007, Squires 1989, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Zorn 1997
Sister taxa: Bovicornu, Bucanoides, Camptoceratops, Cheilospicata, Cymbuliidae, Desmopteridae, Euchilotheca, Falsostyliola, Gamopleura, Limacinidae, Lomia, Loxobidens, Paraclididae, Plotophysops, Skaptotion, Sphaerocina, Thecopsella, Tibiella
Subtaxa: Balantium Cavolinia Cavoliniinae Clio Clioinae Creseis Cuvierina Cuvierininae Diacria Diacrolinia Edithinella Praehyalocylis Styliola Triptera Vaginella
Type: Cavoliniinae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (4 collections), Greece (1), Japan (1), Mayotte (6), Panama (1), United States (6: California, Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (3), Costa Rica (6), the Dominican Republic (10), Greece (1), Haiti (2), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (6), Japan (1), Panama (15), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (16), France (23), Germany (22), Greece (1), Grenada (17), Haiti (1), Italy (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (4), Slovakia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (6: Florida, Washington)
• Oligocene of France (8), Japan (2), Panama (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (8: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of France (2), United States (14: Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 218 collections including 469 occurrences