Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Parent taxon: Littorinidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Ponder and Warén 1988
Sister taxa: Cenchritis, Dissochilus, Echinininae, Echinolittorina, Eulimene, Gouetina, Laevilitorina, Laevilitorininae, Littoraria, Littorina, Littorininae, Melarhaphe, Mirolacuna, Neritrema, Nodilittorina, Peasiella, Praelittorina, Procancellaria, Risella, Risellopsis, Rissellinae, Tectariinae, Tectarius, Heterospira, Hallstadtia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), Iceland (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (3), United States (65: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of United States (7: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of France (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (3), Greenland (1), United States (2: Maryland, Texas)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 103 collections including 127 occurrences