Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Synonym: Melanellidae Iredale 1915
Parent taxon: Vanikoroidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Addicott 1970, Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Garilli and Messina 2006, Harris and Palmer 1947, Hickman 1980, Jeffery 2003, Ladd 1982, Martin 1904, Ponder and Warén 1988, Sohl 1964, Stilwell et al. 2004, Takano and Kano 2014, Todd 2001, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 2001
Sister taxa: Aclididae, Gigantocapulidae, Haloceratidae, Hipponicacea, Omalaxidae, Vanikoridae
Subtaxa: Anteglosia Apicalia Asterolamia Asterophilidae Balcis Chileutomia Coroniscala Curveulima Echineulima Entoconchidae Eulima Eulitoma Fusceulima Hebeulima Hemiliostraca Hoplopteron Hordeulima Hypermastus Leiostraca Leutzenia Lissochilina Margineulima Megadenus Melanella Microstilifer Mucronalia Niso Paedophoropodidae Parvioris Peasistilifer Pelseneeria Pictobalcis Polygireulima Protonema Pulicicochlea Pyramidelloides Rostreulima Sabinella Scalenostoma Sticteulima Stilapex Stilifer Stiliferidae Strombiformis Thyca Trochostilifer Vitreobalcis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), China (3), Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), the Marshall Islands (2), Mayotte (4), Mexico (4), Morocco (3), Panama (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), United States (71: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (4), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (4), Mexico (3), Panama (14), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8), the United Kingdom (5), United States (19: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (2), Australia (2), Austria (6), Belgium (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (3), France (3), Germany (39), Grenada (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), the Marshall Islands (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (4), Palau (1), Panama (47), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (13: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Denmark (2), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), United States (11: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (3), Egypt (1), France (7), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Peru (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (92: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (6), France (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (7: Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (43: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Triassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (2)
Total: 569 collections including 982 occurrences