Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Amaea (Acrilla), Epitonium (Acrilla), Scala (Acrilla), Scalaria (Acrilla)
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983
See also Abbass 1967, DeVries 2007, Dockery 1977, Durham 1937, Durham 1944, Harris and Palmer 1947, Rivera 1957, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Tate 1893, Turner 1938 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Clathrus, 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: Acrilla affinis Acrilla procerus Acrilla unilineata Amaea (Acrilla) affinis Amaea (Acrilla) gallica Amaea (Acrilla) issawii Epitonium (Acrilla) peruvianum Scalaria (Acrilla) leptalea
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (6), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Denmark (6), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 37 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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