Scalina whitei Keen 1943 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Alternative combination: Ferminoscala whitei

Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1943. New mollusks from the Round Mountain Silt (Temblor) Miocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(2):25-60

Belongs to Scalina according to T. J. DeVries 2007

See also Addicott 1970

Sister taxa: Scalina belti, Scalina boylae, Scalina brophyi, Scalina brunneopicta, Scalina cheneyi, 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, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pinolensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pakistanica, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) dickersoni, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) atwoodi, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis, Ferminoscala durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is LSJU loc2121 [Round Mountain Silt], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Round Mountain Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt]

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