†subfamily Plesiotritoninae Beu 1987 (snail)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Parent taxon: Cancellariidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Admete, Admetinae, Admetula, Agatrix, Aneurystoma, Babylonella, Calcarata, Cancellariinae, Caveola, Contortia, Egerea, Hertleinia, Mataxa, Neadmete, Perplicaria, Rhomboidestoma, Semitriton, Sveltia, Tribia, Trigonaphera, Trigonostoma, Tritonoharpa, Turehua, Unitas
Subtaxa: Africotriton Plesiotriton
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), Peru (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence