†subfamily Cylleninae Bellardi 1882 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022

See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Landau et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Amyclina, Anentominae, Bathynassa, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Dorsaninae, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Photinae, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tomliniinae

Subtaxa: Cyllene Cyllenina Neoteron

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Type: Cyllene

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection)

• Pliocene of India (1), Japan (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Japan (1), Myanmar (3)

• Eocene of United States (10: Alabama)

• Paleocene of United States (7: Alabama, Texas)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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