Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Amphissa, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Strombina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (4 collections), Ecuador (7), Mexico (9), Panama (4), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (9)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (26), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (4), Jamaica (12), Mexico (1), Panama (4), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (34)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (10), the Dominican Republic (7), Ecuador (10), Mexico (2), Panama (76), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), United States (23: Florida), Venezuela (17)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 283 collections including 347 occurrences