Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative combination: Dentiscala insculpta
Full reference: P. P. Carpenter. 1866. On the Pleistocene fossils collected by Col. E. Jewett at Sta. Barbara (California); with descriptions of new species. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 17(100):274-278
Belongs to Opalia according to J. W. Durham 1937
See also Carpenter 1866
Sister taxa: Epitonium (Opalia) retiporosum, Opalia (Contemniscala), Opalia (Crassiscala), Opalia (Dentiscala), Opalia (Granuliscala), Opalia (Nodiscala), Opalia (Opalia), Opalia (Pliciscala), Opalia (Rugatiscala), Opalia atra, Opalia borealis, Opalia cavea, Opalia crenatoides, Opalia mathewsonii, Opalia montereyensis, Opalia varicostata, Scala (Opalia) calvertensis, Scala (Opalia) prunicola, Scala (Opalia) reticulata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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