Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (5), Mexico (2), Panama (2), United States (8: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (30), Trinidad and Tobago (9)
Total: 70 collections including 73 occurrences