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Hirtoscala catalinae

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Epitonium (Crisposcala) catalinae was named by Dall (1908). It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium catalinae by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Nitidiscala catalinae by DuShane (1979); it was recombined as Hirtoscala catalinae by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. mitraeforme, H. replicata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Epitonium (Crisposcala) catalinae Dall p. 252
1917Epitonium (Nitidoscala) tabulatum Dall p. 482
1917Epitonium (Nitidoscala) regum Dall p. 484
1937Epitonium catalinae Willett
1957Epitonium tabulatum Rodda p. 2483
1961Epitonium regum Valentine and Meade p. 12
1979Nitidiscala catalinae DuShane p. 109 figs. Figures 29, 30, 31
2021Hirtoscala catalinae Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusHirtoscalaBolten 1798
speciescatalinae(Dall 1908)

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 (Nitidoscala) tabulatum Dall 1917 [synonym], Epitonium regum Dall 1917 [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: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Epitonium catalinae (200409 223325)