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Tritonoturris scalaris

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae

Taxonomy
Clavatula scalaris was named by Hinds (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Clathurella scalaris by Schepman (1907); it was recombined as Tritonoturris scalaris by Li and Li (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Clavatula scalaris Hinds
1907Clathurella scalaris Schepman p. 163
2014Tritonoturris scalaris Li and Li p. 1021 fig. 2G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRaphitomidaeBellardi 1875
genusTritonoturrisDall 1924
speciesscalaris(Hinds 1843)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Clathurella scalaris (278851)