Epitonium (Cirsotrema) howei Durham 1937 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1937. Gastropods of the Family Epitoniidae from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks of the West Coast of North America, including One New Species by F. E. Turner and One by R. A. Bramkamp. Journal of Paleontology 11(6):479-512

Belongs to Epitonium (Cirsotrema) according to J. W. Durham 1937

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 hauniensis, Cirsotrema miovaricosum, Cirsotrema pleiophylla, Cirsotrema preyoungi, Cirsotrema tenuisculptum, Cirsotrema togatum, Cirsotrema varicosa, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) pasoense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi, Scala (Cirsotrema) subtenuilamella

Type specimen: CAS 7004

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Epitonium (Cirsotrema) howei in the database

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