Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parent taxon: Cotonopsis according to K. Monsecour and D. Monsecour 2005
See also Jung 1989 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Cotonopsis (Turrina), Strombina (Cotonopsis) lindae
Subtaxa: Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) argentea Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) crassiparva Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) deroyae Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) edentula Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) jaliscana Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) mendozana Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) panacostaricensis Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) skoglundae Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) suteri
Type: Strombina (Cotonopsis) panacostaricensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (10: North Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (8), Panama (3)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences