Epitonium (Spiniscala) loripanum Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Epitonium (Spiniscala) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Spiniscala alidotum, Spiniscala etolium

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone H - Canoa Formation (Pliocene of Ecuador)

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