Spiniscala etolium Woodring 1928 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Alternative combination: Epitonium (Spiniscala) etolium

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

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

See also Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Epitonium (Spiniscala) loripanum, Spiniscala alidotum

Type specimen: USNM 369534, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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