Family Thaididae Röding 1798 (snail)
Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Parent taxon: Muricacea according to E. J. Petuch 1992
See also Gordillo 1991
Sister taxon: Peonza
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Djibouti (1), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), Kenya (4), Mozambique (1), Namibia (3), the Seychelles (5), South Africa (4), United States (7: Hawaii), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 45 collections including 55 occurrences