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Epitonium multistriatum

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria multistriata was named by Say (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium multistriatum 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
1826Scalaria multistriata Say pp. 2808-209
1859Scalaria multistriata Holmes p. 90
2008Epitonium multistriatum 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
speciesmultistriatum(Say 1826)

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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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, Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Epitonium multistriatum (42149)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Epitonium multistriatum (60415)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Epitonium multistriatum (131210)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Epitonium multistriatum (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Epitonium multistriatum (57702 57704 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Epitonium multistriatum (66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Epitonium multistriatum (41935 92776)