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Epitonium (Asperiscala)
Taxonomy
Asperiscala was named by de Boury (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Epitonium (Asperiscala) by Durham (1937), Todd (2001).
It was assigned to Epitoniidae by DuShane (1979); to Epitonium by Durham (1937), Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Epitonium (Asperiscala) by Durham (1937), Todd (2001).
It was assigned to Epitoniidae by DuShane (1979); to Epitonium by Durham (1937), Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Asperiscala bellastriata, Asperiscala obtusa, Epitonium aculeatum, Epitonium acuminiense, Epitonium acutum, Epitonium aduncum, Epitonium annulatum, Epitonium apiculatum, Epitonium auritum, Epitonium azumana, Epitonium bellastriata, Epitonium bouillei, Epitonium brocherti, Epitonium cantrainei, Epitonium carolinae, Epitonium carolinae, Epitonium cercadicum, Epitonium chamberlaini, Epitonium championi, Epitonium charitopolos, Epitonium charlestonense, Epitonium chubutinum, Epitonium cingolanii, Epitonium cionei, Epitonium clathratulum, Epitonium clathrus, Epitonium commune, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium condoni, Epitonium cooperense, Epitonium denticulatum, Epitonium dignitate, Epitonium dolosum, Epitonium dupliniana, Epitonium duplinianum, Epitonium emydoneus, Epitonium eucteanum, Epitonium expectatum, Epitonium exquisitum, Epitonium fargoi, Epitonium fasciatum, Epitonium foliaceicostatum, Epitonium foliaceicostum, Epitonium foliaceicostum, Epitonium foliaceicostum, Epitonium foliaceiscostatum, Epitonium fractum, Epitonium frondiculoides, Epitonium gabbi, Epitonium gabbi, Epitonium gabbi, Epitonium groenlandica, Epitonium helikum, Epitonium humphreysi, Epitonium humphreysi, Epitonium imperiale, Epitonium jani, Epitonium junceum, Epitonium junceum, Epitonium kingae, Epitonium kingae, Epitonium kraussi, Epitonium krebsii, Epitonium laguairense, Epitonium lepta, Epitonium leptosomum, Epitonium leroyi, Epitonium lineata, Epitonium lineolatum, Epitonium linoe, Epitonium linoe, Epitonium lobrosa, Epitonium marenum, Epitonium maturense, Epitonium mcglameriae, Epitonium merignacense, Epitonium mesogonium, Epitonium minuticosta, Epitonium minutissimum, Epitonium multiliniferum, Epitonium munistriatum, Epitonium muricatum, Epitonium novangliae, Epitonium novangliae, Epitonium okinavensis, Epitonium paytens, Epitonium perplexum, Epitonium pongensis, Epitonium potomacense, Epitonium pratti, Epitonium quirogai, Epitonium replicata, Epitonium replicatum, Epitonium reticulatum, Epitonium revoltum, Epitonium revolutum, Epitonium riparum, Epitonium robesonense, Epitonium rocheri, Epitonium rohri, Epitonium rugolosa, Epitonium rugulosa, Epitonium rushii, Epitonium sakuraii, Epitonium sayanum, Epitonium scalare, Epitonium schencki, Epitonium sculptatum, Epitonium sericifilum, Epitonium spiniferum, Epitonium spinosum, Epitonium striatissimum, Epitonium subacutum, Epitonium subexpansum, Epitonium suboptima, Epitonium subscalaris, Epitonium tenuiliratum, Epitonium tenuistriatum, Epitonium teuistriatum, Epitonium textuvestitum, Epitonium tonni, Epitonium turtonis, Epitonium undosum, Epitonium unifasciatum, Epitonium venezuelense, Epitonium venosum, Epitonium ventulum, Epitonium vetustum, Epitonium virginiae, Epitonium virginiae, Epitonium virginianum, Epitonium witfieldi, Epitonium yabei
Synonymy list
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Subg. Epitonium (Asperiscala) de Boury 1909
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Asperiscala bellastriatum Carpenter 1863 [well-threaded wentletrap]
Asperiscala cookeana Dall 1917
†Asperiscala hemphilli Dall 1878
Asperiscala lowei Dall 1906
Asperiscala minuticosta de Boury 1912
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Invalid names: Epitonium cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926 [synonym], Epitonium clarki Oldroyd 1921 [synonym], Epitonium dallasi Jordan and Herltein 1926 [synonym]
Asperiscala tinctoria Dall 1919
Diagnosis
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| J. W. Durham 1937 | Shell medium; body whorl large; sutures narrow, deep; varices slightly oblique, some occasionally very large; sometimes coronated just below suture; spiral sculpture of rather prominent ribs, not going onto varices; umbilicus present in type but not necessary; no basal disk or keel. Mostly in shallow water. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990, Abbott and Dance 1986 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Collections (53 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Epitonium sp. (52181) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Epitonium sp. (79780 79985 145530) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Epitonium gabbi (93174) Epitonium rushii (93052) Epitonium sp. (52174 136016) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Epitonium quirogai (42146) Epitonium tonni, Epitonium novangliae, Epitonium chubutinum (42149) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Epitonium rohri (60399 60630 60632 60634) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Epitonium laguairense (41544) Epitonium venezuelense, Epitonium marenum (41543) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Epitonium rohri (60647) Epitonium sericifilum (60416) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela | Epitonium sp. (131241) | |
| Pliocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Epitonium cedrosensis (97124) Epitonium cedrosensis, Epitonium dallasi (97127) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Asperiscala cedrosensis (214256 214258 214259 214260 214267 214268 214269) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | Epitonium dupliniana (134768 134769) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Asperiscala minuticosta (238620 239465 239468) Epitonium hemphilli (238418 238436) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Epitonium venezuelense (131210) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | Epitonium sp. (61336 79772 79794 79989) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | USA (California) | Asperiscala cedrosensis (214255) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama (Bocas) | Epitonium sp. (79871) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Asperiscala obtusa, Asperiscala minuticosta (48664) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epitonium bellastriatum (237610) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | Epitonium sp. (79842 79844) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Asperiscala bellastriata (71054) Epitonium bellastriatum (223325) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epitonium clarki, Epitonium bellastriatum (59063 96566 160361 219029) Scala hemphilli, Scala bellastriata (222660) |