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 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, Scalina whitei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) atwoodi, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pinolensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pakistanica, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) dickersoni, Ferminoscala durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei

Type specimen: UWBM 98101, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at DV 396-1, DV 478-3 [Chilcatay Fm] (Miocene of Peru)

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