Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spellings: Celatoconus, Metula (Celatoconus)
Parent taxon: Pisania according to J. A. Gardner 1948
See also Martin 1904, Palmer 1923, Petuch 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Pisania obliquecostata, Pisania rostrata, Pisania semicostata, Pisania transsylvanica, Hilda turriculata
Subtaxa: Celatoconus asheri Celatoconus punjabensis Metula (Celatoconus) reticularis Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis Pisania (Celatoconus) protractum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Austria (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence