Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
Synonym: Obtortionidae Thiele 1925
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2002, Jeffery 2003, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Clatrofenella Finella Sandbergeria Scaliola Scaliolidae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (1), Brazil (6), China (1), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), Mayotte (7), Panama (1), United States (6: Florida, South Carolina), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), United States (4: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (4), France (7), Germany (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4), France (17), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (5), India (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 86 collections including 102 occurrences