Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spellings: Amaea (Confusiscala), Epitonium (Confusiscala), Opalia (Confusiscala)
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to C. S. Cataldo 2017
See also Allison 1955, Durham 1937, Kase 1984, Saul and Popenoe 1993, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Saul 2003 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Acrilla, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Clathrus, Claviscala, 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: Confusiscala dupini Confusiscala juvenca Confusiscala newcombii Confusiscala sulfurea
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2), Greenland (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (2), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Poland (4), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: California, Texas)
Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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