Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85
Belongs to Cirsotrema according to K. I. Schnetler 2001
Sister taxa: Cirsotrema (Cirsotremopsis), Cirsotrema (Coroniscala), Cirsotrema (Plastiscala), Cirsotrema (Propescala), Cirsotrema (Rectacirsa), Cirsotrema (Tioria), Cirsotrema cirritum, Cirsotrema crassicostatum, Cirsotrema dalli, Cirsotrema diversiformis, Cirsotrema dubiosa, Cirsotrema fimbriosa, Cirsotrema funiculus, Cirsotrema gagei, Cirsotrema miovaricosum, Cirsotrema pleiophylla, Cirsotrema preyoungi, Cirsotrema tenuisculptum, Cirsotrema togatum, Cirsotrema varicosa, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) howei, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) pasoense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi, Scala (Cirsotrema) subtenuilamella
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen 1a-b, which is in a Selandian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sundkrogen 1a-b
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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