Scalaria turbinata Forbes 1846 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Scalaria according to E. Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Scalaria (Psychrosoma), Scalaria (Scalaria), Scalaria albensis, Scalaria angulata, Scalaria bezanconi, Scalaria biserta, Scalaria clathrus, Scalaria crispa, Scalaria decussata, Scalaria denudata, Scalaria elegans, Scalaria elongata, Scalaria ertborni, Scalaria fenestrata, Scalaria geniculata, Scalaria hamulifera, Scalaria lineata, Scalaria minima, Scalaria molengraaffi, Scalaria monocycla, Scalaria octolineata, Scalaria ornata, Scalaria pearlensis, Scalaria philippi, Scalaria plicata, Scalaria subulata, Scalaria torulosus, Scalaria trigintanaria, Scalaria varicostata

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scalaria turbinata in the database

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