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Dentiscala funiculata

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria (Cirsotrema) funiculata was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Opalia funiculata by DuShane (1979); it was recombined as Dentiscala funiculata by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Scalaria (Cirsotrema) funiculata Carpenter p. 447
1863Opalia crenatoides insculpta Carpenter p. 660
1866Opalia insculpta Carpenter p. 277
1903Opalia crenatoides insculpta Arnold p. 267
1917Dentiscala crenimarginata Dall p. 472
1917Dentiscala insculpta Dall p. 473
1917Dentiscala nesiotica Dall p. 473
1937Opalia insculpta Durham p. 504
1979Opalia funiculata DuShane p. 1322
2021Dentiscala funiculata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusDentiscalaAdams and Adams 1853
speciesfuniculata(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Dentiscala funiculata Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Dentiscala crenimarginata Dall 1917 [synonym], Dentiscala nesiotica Dall 1917 [synonym], Opalia crenatoides insculpta Carpenter 1863 [synonym], Opalia insculpta Carpenter 1866 [synonym]
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: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Opalia crenatoides (222659) Opalia insculpta (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Opalia insculpta (96591)