Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Alternative spelling: Cysticidae
Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Coralliophilidae, Fulgerca, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Purpurellidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Tudiclidae, Volutidae
Subtaxa: Cystiscinae Cystiscus Gibberula Gibberulina Granulina Granulininae Persiculinae Plesiocystiscinae Pugnus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Costa Rica (3), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Mayotte (1), Mexico (7), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), United States (45: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (4)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (2), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (3), Panama (8), Portugal (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (16)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Colombia (12), the Dominican Republic (2), France (2), Indonesia (4), Italy (4), Panama (16), Trinidad and Tobago (6), Turkey (1), United States (17: Florida, Georgia), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of France (6), Italy (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), United States (4: Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 208 collections including 281 occurrences