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Epitonium rupicola

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria rupicola was named by Kurtz (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium rupicolum by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Epitonium rupicola by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. aculeatum, E. acuminiense, E. acutum, E. annulatum, E. apiculatum, E. azumana, E. bellastriata, E. brocherti, E. cantrainei, E. carolinae, E. cercadicum, E. chamberlaini, E. championi, E. charlestonense, E. clathratulum, E. commune, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. denticulatum, E. dignitate, E. dolosum, E. duplinianum, E. expectatum, E. exquisitum, E. fargoi, E. foliaceicostum, E. fractum, E. frondiculoides, E. gabbi, E. helikum, E. humphreysi, E. imperiale, E. jani, E. junceum, E. kingae, E. kraussi, E. leroyi, E. lineata, E. lineolatum, E. lobrosa, E. merignacense, E. mesogonium, E. minuticosta, E. minutissimum, E. multiliniferum, E. munistriatum, E. muricatum, E. novangliae, E. pongensis, E. potomacense, E. replicatum, E. reticulatum, E. riparum, E. rocheri, E. rugolosa, E. rugulosa, E. sakuraii, E. sayanum, E. scalare, E. sculptatum, E. spiniferum, E. spinosum, E. striatissimum, E. subacutum, E. subscalaris, E. tenuiliratum, E. tenuistriatum, E. teuistriatum, E. textuvestitum, E. turtonis, E. undosum, E. vetustum, E. virginiae, E. virginianum, E. paytens, E. chubutinum, E. dupliniana, E. gabbi, E. laguairense, E. marenum, E. novangliae, E. quirogai, E. rohri, E. rushii, E. sericifilum, E. tonni, E. venezuelense, E. cooperense, E. emydoneus, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. groenlandica, E. schencki, E. yabei, E. linoe, E. linoe, E. suboptima, E. clathrus, E. okinavensis, E. revoltum, E. revolutum, E. auritum, E. eucteanum, E. kingae, E. charitopolos, E. cingolanii, E. foliaceicostatum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceiscostatum, E. humphreysi, E. krebsii, E. leptosomum, E. maturense, E. replicata, E. unifasciatum, E. venosum, E. cionei, E. mcglameriae, E. perplexum, E. carolinae, E. fasciatum, E. junceum, E. aduncum, E. ventulum, E. lepta, E. pratti, E. robesonense, E. gabbi, E. virginiae, E. subexpansum, E. witfieldi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Scalaria rupicola Kurtz
1962Epitonium rupicolum Richards
2008Epitonium rupicola Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumBolten 1798
speciesrupicola(Kurtz 1860)

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.

Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:37:01
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:34:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Epitonium rupicolum (60944)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Epitonium rupicolum (66601 66617 66618 66621)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Epitonium rupicolum (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Epitonium rupicolum (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Epitonium rupicolum (66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Epitonium rupicolum (66742 66750 66751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Epitonium rupicola (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Epitonium rupicolum (57702 57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Epitonium rupicolum (66720 66721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Epitonium rupicola (41935 92776)