Epitonium chancellorensis Petuch 1988 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Belongs to Epitonium according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Epitonium (Arctoscala), Epitonium (Asperiscala), Epitonium (Bifidoscala), Epitonium (Boreoscala), Epitonium (Cinctiscala), Epitonium (Coniscala), Epitonium (Crisposcala), Epitonium (Cycloscala), Epitonium (Epitonium), Epitonium (Glabriscala), Epitonium (Gyroscala), Epitonium (Hirtoscala), Epitonium (Hyaloscala), Epitonium (Minutiscala), Epitonium (Nitidiscala), Epitonium (Papyriscala), Epitonium (Parviscala), Epitonium (Pictoscala), Epitonium (Scala), Epitonium (Striatascala), Epitonium alaquaense, Epitonium albidum, Epitonium angulatum, Epitonium candeanum, Epitonium charlestonensis, Epitonium clallamense, Epitonium clarki, Epitonium clathratulum, Epitonium cookii, Epitonium cribrum, Epitonium dubiosum, Epitonium echinaticosta, Epitonium faearium, Epitonium foliaceum, Epitonium frondiculum, Epitonium frondosum, Epitonium georgettinum, Epitonium greenlandicum, Epitonium hospitum, Epitonium humphreysii, Epitonium kostejanum, Epitonium latefasciatum, Epitonium leai, Epitonium merriami, Epitonium multistriatum, Epitonium paytense, Epitonium peruvianum, Epitonium philippinarum, Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium sandwichense, Epitonium sillimani, Epitonium sohli, Epitonium stellanum, Epitonium submaculosum, Epitonium tollini, Epitonium trevelyana

Type specimen: ANSP 52850, a shell. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm]

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