Epitonium (Boreoscala) earlturneri 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 (Boreoscala) according to J. W. Durham 1937

Sister taxa: Boreoscala faizae, Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni, Epitonium (Boreoscala) coosense, Epitonium (Boreoscala) hemphilli, Epitonium (Boreoscala) insecuritum, Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyense, Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyensis, Epitonium (Boreoscala) wagneri, Epitonium (Boreoscala) wyattdurhami

Type specimen: UCMP 30154. Its type locality is UCMP A715, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Coaledo Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP A715

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