Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spelling: Scala
Parent taxon: Epitonium according to Dall and Bartsch 1910
See also Martin 1904
Sister taxa: Epitonium (Acrilla), Epitonium (Arctoscala), Epitonium (Asperiscala), Epitonium (Bifidoscala), Epitonium (Cinctiscala), Epitonium (Coniscala), Epitonium (Crisposcala), Epitonium (Cycloscala), Epitonium (Epitonium), Epitonium (Glabriscala), Epitonium (Gyroscala), Epitonium (Hirtoscala), Epitonium (Hyaloscala), Epitonium (Minutiscala), Epitonium (Nitidiscala), Epitonium (Papyriscala), Epitonium (Parviscala), Epitonium (Pictoscala), Epitonium (Striatascala), Epitonium alaquaense, Epitonium albidum, Epitonium angulatum, Epitonium candeanum, Epitonium chancellorensis, Epitonium charlestonensis, Epitonium clallamense, Epitonium clathratulum, Epitonium cookii, Epitonium cribrum, Epitonium dubiosum, Epitonium echinaticosta, Epitonium faearium, Epitonium foliaceum, Epitonium frondiculum, Epitonium frondosum, Epitonium georgettinum, Epitonium greenlandicum, Epitonium hospitum, Epitonium humphreysii, Epitonium kostejanum, Epitonium latefasciatum, Epitonium leai, Epitonium multistriatum, Epitonium paytense, Epitonium peruvianum, Epitonium philippinarum, Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium sandwichense, Epitonium sillimani, Epitonium sohli, Epitonium stellanum, Epitonium submaculosum, Epitonium tabulatum, Epitonium tollini, Epitonium trevelyana
Subtaxa: Scala (Fuscoscala) Scala (Spiniscala) Scala (Subuliscala) Scala (Viciniscala) Scala crebricostata Scala marylandica Scala octolineata Scala ranellina Scala virginiana
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Italy (1), Morocco (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Ecuador (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), United States (8: Florida, Maryland)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (9: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Israel (1), Madagascar (1), United States (2: Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 42 collections including 55 occurrences