Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative spellings: Pleurotoma (Antiplanes), Spirotropis (Antiplanes), Turris (Antiplanes)
Synonyms: Rectiplanes Bartsch 1944, Rectisulcus Habe 1958
Parent taxon: Pseudomelatomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Dall 1909, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abyssocomitas, Aguilaria, Anticomitas, Antimelatoma, Austrotoma, Benthodaphne, Boreocomitas, Burchia, Buridrillia, Calcatodrillia, Carinodrillia, Carinoturris, Cheungbeia, Comitas, Compsodrillia, Conorbela, Conticosta, Crassiclava, Crassispira, Cretaspira, Dallspira, Doxospira, Epideira, Funa, Gibbaspira, Glossispira, Hindsiclava, Hormospira, Inquisitor, Knefastia, Kurilohadalia, Kurodadrillia, Leucosyrinx, Lioglyphostoma, Lioglyphostomella, Maesiella, Megasurcula, Meggittia, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Naudedrillia, Otitoma, Paracomitas, Pilsbryspira, Plicisyrinx, Pseudomelatoma, Pseudotaranis, Ptychobela, Pyrgospira, Rhodopetoma, Sediliopsis, Shutonia, Striospira, Tiariturris, Viridrillia, Zonulispira, Clavatoma
Subtaxa: Antiplanes catalinae Antiplanes macfarlandi Antiplanes muirensis Antiplanes santarosana Antiplanes thalea Antiplanes thurstonensis Antiplanes vinosa Antiplanes voyi Spirotropis (Antiplanes) amphitrite Spirotropis (Antiplanes) bulimoides Spirotropis (Antiplanes) lita Spirotropis (Antiplanes) perversa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (38: Alaska, California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Japan (6), United States (10: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of United States (3: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (3: California, Washington)
Total: 66 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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