Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Amaea (Littoriniscala), Epitonium (Littoriniscala)
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to K. I. Schnetler and C. Heilmann-Clausen 2011
See also Darragh and Kendrick 1994, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Clathrus, Claviscala, Confusiscala, Crossotrema, Dannevigena, Eglisia, Epitomium, Epitoniinae, Epitonium, Filiscala, Gregorioiscala, Gryoscala, Mazescala, Murdochella, Narvaliscala, Notacirsa, Nystiellinae, Opalia, Opaliinae, Papuliscala, Pliciscala, Problitora, Pseudosassia, Scalaria, Scalina, Sthenorytis, Turriscala, Variciscala, Funis, Australolaxispira
Subtaxa: Littoriniscala scalarioides
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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