Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spelling: Asperiscala
Parent taxon: Epitonium according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Durham 1937, DuShane 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Epitonium (Acrilla), Epitonium (Arctoscala), Epitonium (Bifidoscala), Epitonium (Cinctiscala), Epitonium (Coniscala), Epitonium (Crisposcala), Epitonium (Cycloscala), Epitonium (Epitonium), Epitonium (Glabriscala), Epitonium (Gyroscala), Epitonium (Hirtoscala), Epitonium (Hyaloscala), Epitonium (Minutiscala), Epitonium (Nitidiscala), Epitonium (Papyriscala), Epitonium (Parviscala), Epitonium (Pictoscala), Epitonium (Scala), Epitonium (Striatascala), Epitonium alaquaense, Epitonium albidum, Epitonium angulatum, Epitonium candeanum, Epitonium chancellorensis, Epitonium charlestonensis, Epitonium clallamense, Epitonium clathratulum, Epitonium cookii, Epitonium cribrum, Epitonium dubiosum, Epitonium echinaticosta, Epitonium faearium, Epitonium foliaceum, Epitonium frondiculum, Epitonium frondosum, Epitonium georgettinum, Epitonium greenlandicum, Epitonium hospitum, Epitonium humphreysii, Epitonium kostejanum, Epitonium latefasciatum, Epitonium leai, Epitonium multistriatum, Epitonium paytense, Epitonium peruvianum, Epitonium philippinarum, Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium sandwichense, Epitonium sohli, Epitonium stellanum, Epitonium submaculosum, Epitonium tabulatum, Epitonium tollini, Epitonium trevelyana
Subtaxa: Asperiscala bellastriatum Asperiscala cookeana Asperiscala hemphilli Asperiscala lowei Asperiscala minuticosta Asperiscala tinctoria
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Ecuador (1), Panama (1), United States (8: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (8: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (4), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: California), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Mexico (1), Panama (7), Trinidad and Tobago (4)
Total: 53 collections including 63 occurrences