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Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Epitonium (Arctoscala) saundersi was named by Tegland (1933). Its type specimen is UCMP 32227 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi by Durham (1937), Durham (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cirsotrema acutum, Cirsotrema bourdoty, Cirsotrema claibornense, Cirsotrema cochlea, Cirsotrema cortezi, Cirsotrema cossmanni, Cirsotrema creolum, Cirsotrema crispata, Cirsotrema crispatum, Cirsotrema ertborni, Cirsotrema fimbriosum, Cirsotrema firmatum, Cirsotrema jinnahi, Cirsotrema koeneni, Cirsotrema kuriensis, Cirsotrema lyratum, Cirsotrema nielseni, Cirsotrema ranellinum, Cirsotrema rugulosa, Cirsotrema seguenzai, Cirsotrema subspinosum, Cirsotrema undulatum, Cirsotrema zelebori, Cirsotrema brevicula, Cirsotrema lyratum, Cirsotrema pumiceum, Cirsotrema sallomacense, Cirsotrema sallomacense, Cirsotrema zitteli, Cirsotrema tamanense, Cirsotrema bourdoty, Cirsotrema briarti, Cirsotrema claibornense, Cirsotrema lineatum, Cirsotrema nasssulum, Cirsotrema newtonense, Cirsotrema newtonensis, Cirsotrema nsssulum, Cirsotrema ranellinum, Cirsotrema spillmani, Cirsotrema spillmani, Cirsotrema ertborni, Cirsotrema scaberrimum, Cirsotrema bouillei, Cirsotrema turbonillaeforme, Cirsotrema laubrierei, Cirsotrema youngi, E. aculeatum, E. acuminiense, E. acutum, E. annulatum, E. apiculatum, E. azumana, E. bellastriata, E. bouillei, 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, Scala bourgeois, Scala peyroti, Scala subspinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Epitonium (Arctoscala) saundersi Tegland p. 133 figs. pl. 13, figs. 7-9
1937Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi Durham p. 491 figs. Plate 57, figure 21
1944Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi Durham p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumMörch 1852
subgenusCirsotrema
speciessaundersi()

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
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Epitonium saundersi (52356 52362 208161)