Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Epitonium (Clathrus), Scala (Clathrus)
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to L. G. Brown and B. D. Neville 2015
See also Durham 1937, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Ladd 1972, Mandic et al. 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Claviscala, Confusiscala, Crossotrema, Dannevigena, Eglisia, Epitomium, Epitoniinae, Epitonium, Filiscala, Gregorioiscala, Gryoscala, Littoriniscala, Mazescala, Murdochella, Narvaliscala, Notacirsa, Nystiellinae, Opalia, Opaliinae, Papuliscala, Pliciscala, Problitora, Pseudosassia, Scalaria, Scalina, Sthenorytis, Turriscala, Variciscala, Funis, Australolaxispira
Subtaxa: Clathrus gajensis Epitonium (Clathrus) weaveri
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (3 collections), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Fiji (1), France (1), Germany (3), India (1), Pakistan (4), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 21 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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