Gastropoda - Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Parent taxon: Thecosomata according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Beesley 1998, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Zorn 1997
Sister taxa: Bovicornu, Bucanoides, Camptoceratops, Cavoliniidae, Cheilospicata, Cymbuliidae, Desmopteridae, Euchilotheca, Gamopleura, Lomia, Loxobidens, Paraclididae, Plotophysops, Skaptotion, Sphaerocina, Thecopsella, Tibiella
Subtaxa: Altaspiratella Currylimacina Embolus Heliconoides Limacina Pakistania Spirialis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (1), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (5), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (7), France (17), Germany (31), Greece (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2), Panama (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of France (12), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of France (8), New Zealand (2), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
Total: 130 collections including 251 occurrences