Scalaria pearlensis Meyer 1886 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Alternative combination: Pliciscala pearlensis

Belongs to Scalaria according to Meyer 1886

Sister taxa: Scalaria (Psychrosoma), Scalaria (Scalaria), Scalaria albensis, Scalaria angulata, Scalaria bezanconi, Scalaria biserta, Scalaria clathrus, Scalaria crispa, Scalaria decussata, Scalaria denudata, Scalaria elegans, Scalaria elongata, Scalaria ertborni, Scalaria fallax, Scalaria fenestrata, Scalaria geniculata, Scalaria hamulifera, Scalaria lineata, Scalaria minima, Scalaria molengraaffi, Scalaria monocycla, Scalaria octolineata, Scalaria ornata, Scalaria philippi, Scalaria plicata, Scalaria subulata, Scalaria torulosus, Scalaria trigintanaria, Scalaria turbinata, Scalaria varicostata

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Mississippi, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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