Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Parent taxon: Teredinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Vokes 1972, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Terebrimya, Teredininae, Teredinopsis, Teredo, Teredolithus, Teredothyra, Turnus, Xylotrya
Subtaxa: Kuphus
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Japan (1), Panama (1), United States (12: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Miocene of Grenada (2), India (1), Indonesia (3), Jamaica (3), Madagascar (7), Panama (11), Puerto Rico (4), Somalia (11), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (21: Florida, Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of India (2), Iran (5), Jamaica (4), Mexico (4), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Puerto Rico (9), Somalia (7), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (18: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Texas)
• Eocene of Somalia (4)
• Paleocene of Poland (1)
Total: 143 collections each including a single occurrence