Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Alternative spelling: Pleurotomaria (Scalites)
Full reference: E. Emmons. 1842. Geology of New York, pt. 2, Comprising the survey of the second geological district. New York State Geological Survey 1-429
Parent taxon: Raphistomidae according to P. J. Wagner 1999
See also Knight et al. 1960, Meek 1873 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bridgeites, Ceratopea, Omulevia, Ophiletinae, Orospira, Raphistoma, Raphistomatinae
Subtaxa: Scalites alatum Scalites amanoi Scalites angulatus Scalites depressa Scalites irregulare Scalites jonesi Scalites kanesi Scalites katoi Scalites keizanensis Scalites oradovekaiae Scalites peracutum Scalites richmondensis Scalites solitarius Scalites tamurai Scalites tellerensis
Type: Scalites angulatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Ukraine (2 collections)
• Chazyan of United States (6: New York)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Fennian of Malaysia (4)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon), China (1), North Korea (3), South Korea (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (25: Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota)
Total: 46 collections including 52 occurrences
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