Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Alternative spellings: Pleurotoma (Antiplanes), Spirotropis (Antiplanes)
Synonyms: Rectiplanes Bartsch 1944, Rectisulcus Habe 1958
Parent taxon: Pseudomelaniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angulasina, Bourguetia, Compsodrillia, Crassispira, Epidirona, Fusoidella, Glossispira, Hudlestonella, Leucosyrinx, Liocium, Lioglyphostoma, Maesiella, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pilsbryspira, Pseudomelania, Ptychobela, Ramina, Tiariturris, Zonulispira, Carinodrillia, Clavatoma, Inquisitor, Austrodrillia
Subtaxa: Antiplanes catalinae Antiplanes macfarlandi Antiplanes muirensis Antiplanes santarosana Antiplanes thalea Antiplanes voyi Spirotropis (Antiplanes) bulimoides Spirotropis (Antiplanes) perversa
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (37: Alaska, California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Japan (6), United States (7: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia)
Total: 55 collections including 69 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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