†Epitonium (Dentiscala) insculpta Carpenter 1866 (wentletrap)
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Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative combination: Epitonium insculptum
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 Epitonium (Dentiscala) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931
Sister taxa: Dentiscala funiculata, Opalia (Dentiscala) hertleini
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCLA Loc. 3225, Potrero Canyon (Quaternary of California)
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