Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Synonyms: Clavidae Casey 1904, Clavinae Casey 1904
Parent taxon: Conoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Addicott 1970, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, MacNeil 1960, Moore 1976, Petuch 2004 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Agladrillia Antimelatoma Chesaclava Clathrodrillia Crassopleura Cymatosyrinx Darbya Drillia Hindsiclava Pseudoinquisitor Sediliopsis Spirotropis Splendrillia Stenodrillia Suavodrillia Syntomodrillia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Costa Rica (4), Djibouti (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), Taiwan (4), United States (26: California, Florida, North Carolina), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Malaysia (2), United States (8: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Chile (4), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (13), the Dominican Republic (7), Ecuador (6), Greece (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (23), Jamaica (6), Japan (7), Mexico (5), Panama (21), Papua New Guinea (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (38: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Australia (2), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Brazil (5), Chile (1), Colombia (22), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (4), Germany (33), Greece (2), Grenada (4), Haiti (1), India (3), Indonesia (9), Italy (5), Japan (6), Mexico (3), Myanmar (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (7), Panama (74), Puerto Rico (3), Romania (3), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (40: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina), Venezuela (6)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Denmark (3), Haiti (1), Hungary (2), Myanmar (1), Panama (1), United States (38: Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (2), France (3), Indonesia (1), Panama (1), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (34: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
Total: 607 collections including 1042 occurrences