†family Thersiteidae Savornin 1914 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae

Parent taxon: Stromboidea according to K. Bandel 2007

See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Ponder and Warén 1988

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Oostrombus Orthaulax Thersitea

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (5 collections), Colombia (6), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (8), Puerto Rico (2), United States (17: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (7: Florida, Georgia)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (3), Colombia (1), Croatia (1), Japan (15), Panama (3), Peru (1), Tunisia (1)

• Paleogene of Japan (2)

Total: 94 collections including 112 occurrences

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