Episiphon Pilsbry 1897 (tusk shell)

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

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