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Asperiscala minuticosta

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scala (Viciniscala) minuticosta was named by de Boury (1912). It is extant.

It was recombined as Asperiscala minuticosta by DuShane (1979) and Squires et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Scala (Viciniscala) minuticosta de Boury
1921Epitonium clarki Oldroyd p. 115 figs. pl. 5, fig. 14
1926Epitonium dallasi Jordan and Herltein p. 447 figs. Pl. 30, Fig 2
1926Epitonium cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein p. 446 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 3
1937Epitonium (Asperiscala) cedrosensis Durham p. 489
1937Epitonium (Asperiscala) dallasi Durham p. 489
1979Asperiscala minuticosta DuShane p. 103 figs. Figures 13, 14, 15, 16
2006Asperiscala minuticosta Squires et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAsperiscalaBolten 1798
speciesminuticosta(de Boury 1912)

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: Epitonium cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926 [synonym], Epitonium clarki Oldroyd 1921 [synonym], Epitonium dallasi Jordan and Herltein 1926 [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: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Epitonium cedrosensis (97124) Epitonium cedrosensis, Epitonium dallasi (97127)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Asperiscala cedrosensis (214256 214258 214259 214260 214267 214268 214269)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Asperiscala minuticosta (238620 239465 239468)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Asperiscala cedrosensis (214255)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Asperiscala minuticosta (48664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Epitonium clarki (59063 96566 160361 219029)