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 Chesaclava Clathrodrillia Crassopleura Cymatosyrinx Drillia Neodrillia Pseudoinquisitor Spirotropis Splendrillia Stenodrillia Syntomodrillia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), Costa Rica (4), Djibouti (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (5), Panama (3), Taiwan (4), United States (34: California, Florida, North Carolina), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Malaysia (2), United States (7: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Chile (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (13), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (7), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (23), Jamaica (6), Japan (6), Mexico (3), Panama (19), Papua New Guinea (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (45: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (2), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Brazil (2), Chile (1), Colombia (26), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (6), Germany (33), Greece (2), Grenada (4), India (3), Indonesia (9), Italy (5), Japan (5), Myanmar (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (7), Panama (69), Peru (1), Romania (3), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (43: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina), Venezuela (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Denmark (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (2), Myanmar (1), Panama (1), United States (35: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (2), France (3), Indonesia (2), Panama (1), Peru (4), the United Kingdom (9), United States (32: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Togo (1)
Total: 610 collections including 1043 occurrences