Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168
Belongs to Acrilla (Ferminoscala) according to F. E. Eames 1952
Sister taxa: Amaea (Scalina) edwilsoni, Scalina belti, Scalina boylae, Scalina brophyi, 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) becki, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis, Ferminoscala durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) atwoodi, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) durhami, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) pinolensis, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei, Acrilla (Ferminoscala) dickersoni
Type specimen: BMNH G.66975, a shell. Its type locality is Litra Nala, Kasrani, which is in an Eocene carbonate limestone in Pakistan.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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