Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to K. Monsecour and D. Monsecour 2005
See also Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Alia, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Cotonopsis Exomilopsis Gatliffena Parviterebra Pseudamycla Pseudanachis Zella
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (10: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (8), Indonesia (1), Panama (4)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences