Scalaria fallax Wilckens 1907 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Full reference: O. Wilckens. 1907. Die Lamellibrachiaten, Gastropoden ect. aus der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg, Breisgau 15:97-166

Belongs to Scalaria according to O. Wilckens 1907

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 evicta, Scalaria fenestrata, Scalaria geniculata, Scalaria hamulifera, Scalaria lineata, Scalaria minima, Scalaria molengraaffi, Scalaria monocycla, Scalaria octolineata, Scalaria ornata, Scalaria pearlensis, Scalaria philippi, Scalaria plicata, Scalaria subulata, Scalaria torulosus, Scalaria trigintanaria, Scalaria turbinata, Scalaria varicostata

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Cazador (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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