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Scalaria

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Scalaria Lamarck
1995Scalaria Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Scalaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusScalariaLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Scalaria Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Scalaria (Psychrosoma) Tapparone-Canefri 1876
Subg. Scalaria (Scalaria) Lamarck 1801
Scalaria albensis d'Orbigny 1902
Scalaria angulata Say 1822
Scalaria bezanconi Cossmann and Lambert 1884
Scalaria biserta Münster 1841
Scalaria clathrus Linnaeus 1758
Scalaria crispa Lamarck 1804
Scalaria decussata Lamarck 1804
Scalaria denudata Lamarck 1804
Scalaria elegans Münster 1841
Scalaria elongata Martin 1879
Scalaria ertborni Koenen 1882
Scalaria fenestrata von Wöhrmann 1889
Scalaria geniculata Brocchi 1814
Scalaria hamulifera Wood 1847
Scalaria lineata Say 1822
Scalaria minima Martin 1879
Scalaria molengraaffi Krumbeck 1924
Scalaria monocycla Lamarck 1804
Scalaria octolineata Aldrich 1885
Scalaria ornata Münster 1841
Scalaria pearlensis Meyer 1886
Scalaria philippi Reuss 1846
Scalaria plicata Lamarck 1804
Scalaria subulata Sowerby 1825
Scalaria torulosus Brocchi 1814
Scalaria trigintanaria Conrad 1848
Scalaria turbinata Forbes 1846
Scalaria varicostata Riedel 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height77.681.2016.09.505.10

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 247.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina S. sp. (203800)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Tyrol) S. fenestrata (202331)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Eucycloscala elegans (164191)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria S. fenestrata (206002)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) S. molengraaffi (205303)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Eucycloscala elegans (69659 137435) S. elegans, S. ornata (144633) S. klipsteini, S. elegans, S. biserta (144631) S. sp. (144634) Turbo elegans, Turritella ornata, Turbo bisertus (137429)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Indonesia (Timor) S. sp. (205457)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Eucycloscala elegans (225394 225396)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Eucycloscala elegans (159446)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Eucycloscala elegans (25502)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland S. albensis (2224) S. sp. (2247)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France S. albensis (2222)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland S. cruciana, S. neocomiensis (2198)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) S. meyeri (1836)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland S. clementina (2167) S. studeri (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France S. clementina (2235) S. gurgitis (2166)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) S. pulchra (6280)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon S. varicostata (209647 209691 209692)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand S. pacifica (37326 78369 78374 83521)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) S. sp. (101382)
Haumurian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) S. sp. (101408 101409)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany S. philippi (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Concepcíon) S. sp. (13309)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark S. sp. (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt S. jasmundi, S. calamistrata (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) S. brancoi (87002) S. desertorum (87001)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Egypt S. desertorum (87000)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland S. magna (27019 27020)
Casamayoran55.8 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. rugulosa (50067)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain S. sp. (165187)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France S. crispa, S. decussata, S. denudata (184110) S. crispa, S. monocycla (184107) S. plicata (184109)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pliciscala pearlensis (205527)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia S. anconai (124309 124371)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) S. quinquefasciata (90600)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Pliciscala pearlensis (90704 164232)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (New Jersey) S. virginiana (92770)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (39662)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) S. trigintanaria (84137)
Oligocene - Pliocene33.9 - 2.588Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. rugulosa (50076)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. rugulosa (50075)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (South Otago) S. browni, S. lyrata (45653)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Argentina S. rugulosa (45887)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) S. marylandica (59336 59726 92763)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) S. minuta (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia S. elongata, S. minima (70098)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) S. geniculata, S. hamulifera (84755) S. torulosa (84756)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) S. torulosa (209253)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) S. clathrus (203377)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) S. sp. (202936)