†superfamily Muricacea de Costa 1776 (snail)

Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa

Parent taxon: Gymnoglossa according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

See also Adegoke 1977, Hickman 1980, Kosnik 2002, Petuch 1992, Saul 1988, Sohl 1964 and Squires 1984

Sister taxa: Crepidulacea, Volutacea

Subtaxa: Peonza Thaididae

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), French Polynesia (1), Kenya (4), the Seychelles (5), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Chile (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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