Episiphon Pilsbry 1897 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Episiphon)
Parent taxon: Episiphoninae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Gardner 1947, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2 collections), Panama (2)
• Miocene of Panama (4), United States (6: Florida)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Texas)
• Jurassic of Poland (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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