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Scala (Spiniscala)
Taxonomy
Spiniscala was named by De Boury (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Epitonium (Spiniscala) by Woodring (1928), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); it was reranked as Scala (Spiniscala) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).
It was assigned to Epitonium by Woodring (1928), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scala by Mandic and Steininger (2003).
It was reranked as Epitonium (Spiniscala) by Woodring (1928), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); it was reranked as Scala (Spiniscala) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).
It was assigned to Epitonium by Woodring (1928), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scala by Mandic and Steininger (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Epitonium gabbi, Epitonium virginiae, Scala bourgeois, Scala bryozoophila, Scala communis, Scala crebricostellata, Scala crenata, Scala crispa, Scala dollfusi, Scala exspectata, Scala falunica, Scala foliacea, Scala franciscae, Scala frondiculoides, Scala greenlandicum, Scala kunstleri, Scala mirabilis, Scala odilae, Scala parilis, Scala peyroti, Scala plesiomorpha, Scala pseudogallica, Scala spinosa, Scala spinosa, Scala spirata, Scala subspinosa, Scala subulata, Scala subvaricosa, Scala subvaricosa, Scala tenuicosta, Scala tenuicosta, Scala tenuilamella, Scala terebralis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Spiniscala De Boury p. 257 |
| 1928 | Epitonium (Spiniscala) Woodring p. 397 |
| 1941 | Epitonium (Spiniscala) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 8 |
| 1947 | Epitonium (Spiniscala) Gardner p. 575 |
| 1948 | Epitonium (Spiniscala) Gardner p. 206 |
| 2002 | Spiniscala Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Scala (Spiniscala) Mandic and Steininger p. 272 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subg. Scala (Spiniscala) De Boury 1909
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†Epitonium (Spiniscala) loripanum Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Spiniscala alidotum Woodring 1928
†Spiniscala etolium Woodring 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Germany | Epitonium sp. (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Epitonium virginiae (42443) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Epitonium sp. (111204) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Epitonium gabbi, Epitonium etolium, Epitonium alidotum (58522) | |
| Piacenzian | Ecuador (Manabi) | Epitonium loripanum (51880) |