Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Five new Cenozoic epitoniids from Southern Peru and the Neogene history of Scalina Conrad, 1865 (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) in the Americas. The Veliger 49(4):231-251
Belongs to Scalina according to T. J. DeVries 2007
Sister taxa: Scalina belti, Scalina boylae, Scalina brophyi, Scalina brunneopicta, Scalina deroyae, Scalina ferminiana, Scalina foosei, Scalina gardnerae, Scalina isaacsoni, Scalina kendacensis, Scalina mitchelli, Scalina pseudoleroyi, Scalina retifera, Scalina staminea, Scalina tehuanarum, Scalina trigintanaria, Scalina waynensis, Scalina whitei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pakistanica, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pinolensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) atwoodi, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) dickersoni, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis, Ferminoscala durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis
Type specimen: MUSM INV 144, a partial shell
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Miocene of Peru (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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