Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Nodiscala, Scalina (Nodiscala)
Synonyms: Funiscala de Boury 1891, Opalia (Funiscala) de Boury 1891
Parent taxon: Opalia according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Beu 2011, Beu et al. 1990, Durham 1937, Gardner 1947, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Opalia (Contemniscala), Opalia (Crassiscala), Opalia (Dentiscala), Opalia (Granuliscala), Opalia (Opalia), Opalia (Pliciscala), Opalia (Rugatiscala), Opalia atra, Opalia borealis, Opalia cavea, Opalia crenatoides, Opalia insculpta, Opalia mathewsonii, Opalia montereyensis, Opalia varicostata, Scala (Opalia) calvertensis, Scala (Opalia) prunicola, Scala (Opalia) reticulata
Subtaxa: Opalia (Nodiscala) obtusicostata Opalia (Nodiscala) retiporosa
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (12), Japan (1), Panama (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences