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Epitonium humphreysii

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria humphreysii was named by Kiener (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium humphreysii by Richards (1962), 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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Scalaria humphreysii Kiener p. 15 figs. pl. 5, fig. 16
1889Scala sayana Dall p. 308
1904Scala sayana Martin p. 212
1962Epitonium humphreysii Richards
2008Epitonium humphreysii 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
specieshumphreysii(Kiener 1838)

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.

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Invalid names: Scala sayana Dall 1889 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Scala sayana (79102)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Scala sayana (68975)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Scala sayana (79107 79110 79352)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Epitonium humphreysii (42146)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Scala sayana (41501)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Epitonium humphreysii (66614 66617 66618 66621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Epitonium humphreysii (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Epitonium humphreysii (57702 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Epitonium humphreysii (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Epitonium humphreysii (66758 66760)