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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