Epitonium (Epitonium) dignitatis Kellum 1926 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Alternative combination: Epitonium dignitatis

Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56

Belongs to Epitonium (Epitonium) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Kellum 1926

Sister taxa: Epitonium (Epitonium) aequabile, Epitonium (Epitonium) foliaceicosta

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10340, 10613 (City Rock quarry near cemetery), which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 10340, 10613 (City Rock quarry near cemetery)

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