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 cheneyi, Scalina deroyae, Scalina ferminiana, Scalina gardnerae, Scalina isaacsoni, Scalina kendacensis, Scalina mitchelli, Scalina pseudoleroyi, Scalina retifera, Scalina staminea, Scalina tehuanarum, Scalina trigintanaria, Scalina waynensis, Scalina whitei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pakistanica, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) dickersoni, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) atwoodi, Ferminoscala durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pinolensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis
Type specimen: UWBM 98104, a shell
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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