Family Tudiclidae Cossmann 1901 (snail)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
See also Saul 1988, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Stilwell 1993
Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Coralliophilidae, Cystiscidae, Fulgerca, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Purpurellidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Volutidae
Subtaxa: Heteroterma Rapopsis Tudiclana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (19), New Zealand (7), United States (11: California)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), Mexico (2), New Zealand (7), United States (4: California)
Total: 61 collections including 64 occurrences