Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Epitonium (Clathrus), Scala (Clathrus)
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to L. G. Brown and B. D. Neville 2015
See also Durham 1937, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Ladd 1972, Mandic et al. 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Boreoscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Claviscala, Confusiscala, Crossotrema, Dannevigena, Eglisia, Epitomium, Epitoniinae, Epitonium, Filiscala, Gregorioiscala, Gryoscala, Littoriniscala, Mazescala, Murdochella, Narvaliscala, Notacirsa, Nystiellinae, Opalia, Opaliinae, Papuliscala, Pliciscala, Problitora, Pseudosassia, Scalaria, Scalina, Sthenorytis, Turriscala, Variciscala, Australolaxispira, Funis
Subtaxa: Clathrus gajensis Epitonium (Clathrus) weaveri
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Fiji (1), France (1), Germany (3), India (1), Pakistan (4), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 22 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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