Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Tritonidea staufti

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Cominella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Cominella (Cominella), Cominella (Cominula), Cominella (Eucominia), Cominella (Josepha), Cominella (Procominula), Cominella annandalei, Cominella clelandi, Cominella crassina, Cominella douvillei, Cominella maculosa, Cominella pertusa, Cominella pumila, Cominella subfilicea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore