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Eucycloscala

Gastropoda - Eucyclidae

Taxonomy

Eucycloscala was named by Cossmann (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis T Dani Sepkoski's reference number: 1130]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eucycloscalidae.

It was assigned to Liotiinae by Szabo (1981), Batten (1985); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Eucyclini by Kaim (2004); to Eucycloscalidae by Bandel (2010), Nützel and Kaim (2014); and to Eucyclidae by Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).

Species

E. acanticum, E. asiatica, E. baltzeri, E. basistriata, E. binodosa, E. brunhuberi, E. circumnodosa, E. damesi, E. exigua, E. hanwangensis, E. izabellae, E. leo, E. margaritata, E. medionodosa, E. nitida, E. obliquicostata, E. pascoensis, E. praetor (syn. Littorina phillipsii, Littorina praetor, Ooliticia phillipsii, Littorina ornata, Turbo phillipsii, Turbo ornatus), E. semicancellata, E. spinosa, E. spinulosa, E. subbisertus, E. supranodosa, E. ultima

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. aedilis, E. augur, E. epitoniformis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Eucycloscala Cossmann
1981	Eucycloscala Szabo p. 60
1985	Eucycloscala Batten p. 35
2002	Eucycloscala Sepkoski
2004	Eucycloscala Kaim p. 17
2010	Eucycloscala Bandel p. 437
2014	Eucycloscala Nützel and Kaim p. 414
2020	Eucycloscala Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 63

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamily	Seguenzioidea	Verril 1884
family	Eucyclidae	Koken 1896
genus	Eucycloscala

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.

G. †Eucycloscala Cossmann 1895

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†Eucycloscala acanticum Uhlig 1881

†Eucycloscala asiatica Batten 1985

†Eucycloscala baltzeri Kittl 1892

†Eucycloscala basistriata Anderson 1975

†Eucycloscala binodosa Münster 1841

†Eucycloscala brunhuberi Schnittmann 1966

†Eucycloscala circumnodosa Kittl 1894

†Eucycloscala damesi Kittl 1892

†Eucycloscala exigua Healey 1908

†Eucycloscala hanwangensis Pan 1982

†Eucycloscala izabellae Kaim 2004

†Eucycloscala leo d'Orbigny 1847

†Eucycloscala margaritata Kittl 1900

†Eucycloscala medionodosa Batten 1985

†Eucycloscala nitida Dominici 2024

†Eucycloscala obliquicostata Yin and Yochelson 1983

†Eucycloscala pascoensis Haas 1953

†Eucycloscala praetor Goldfuss 1844

Invalid names: Littorina ornata Jeffreys 1865 [synonym], Littorina phillipsii Morris and Lycett 1884 [synonym], Littorina praetor Goldfuss 1909 [synonym], Ooliticia phillipsii Morris and Lycett 1851 [synonym], Turbo ornatus Quenstedt 1853 [synonym], Turbo phillipsii Morris and Lycett 1851 [synonym]

†Eucycloscala semicancellata Kittl 1900

†Eucycloscala spinosa Klipstein 1843

†Eucycloscala spinulosa Klipstein 1843

†Eucycloscala subbisertus d'Orbigny 1849

†Eucycloscala supranodosa Klipstein 1843

†Eucycloscala ultima Ravn 1933

†Scalaria binodosa spinulosa Laube 1868

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	2	8.98	5.20	15.5	10.3	7.28
shell height	28	5.86	0.800	19.4	7.15	4.88
shell diameter	28	3.86	3.20	4.80	3.80	0.683

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:46:29

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:47:18

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Selandian or 279.30000 to 59.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (121 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Malaysia (Perak)	E. asiatica, E. medionodosa (62131)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Thailand (Ratchaburi)	E. sp. (40954)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Japan	E. sp. (109667)
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	China (Guizhou)	E. binodosa (98055)
Pelsonian	247.2 - 242.0	China (Guizhou)	Eucycloscala indet. (31610)
Pelsonian - Illyrian	247.2 - 242.0	China (Guizhou)	E. binodosa, E. obliquicostata (44250) Eucycloscala indet., E. obliquicostata (31612) E. n. sp. A (31617) E. obliquicostata (31611 31628 44247) E. sp. (31632) E. sp., E. binodosa (31616) E. sp., E. binodosa, E. obliquicostata (31618 31619 31625 31631) E. sp., Eucycloscala indet. (31626) E. sp., Eucycloscala indet., E. binodosa, E. obliquicostata (31620) E. sp., Eucycloscala indet., E. obliquicostata (31624) E. sp., E. obliquicostata (31621 31622 31623 31627) E. spinulosa, E. obliquicostata (44252)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Peru	E. exigua (206475)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Italy	Cyclonema circumnodosum (138255)
Longobardian	242.0 - 235.0	Italy	E. nitida (236003 236004 236005)
Carnian	237.0 - 228.0	Italy	E. binodosa (164208) E. ornata, E. binodosa (164191)
Carnian	237.0 - 228.0	Italy (South Tyrol)	Scalaria supranodosa (205149)
Carnian	237.0 - 228.0	Hungary (Bakony)	E. binodosa, E. spinulosa, E. supranodosa, E. semicancellata, E. damesi (203210) E. damesi (203197) E. margaritata (203199)
Julian	235.0 - 232.0	Italy	E. binodosa (69650 69655 69658) E. binodosa, E. spinosa (137435) E. biserta (69659) E. biserta, E. binodosa (69668) E. biserta, E. sp. (69664 202422) E. ornata (69676) E. ornata, E. sp., E. damesi (34692 69661) E. sp. (69651 69666 69672 69679) E. sp., E. binodosa (69669) E. spinosa (163817) E. supranodosa, E. baltzeri (137437) Monodonta supranodosa (146388) Scalaria baltzeri (144927) Scalaria baltzeri, Trochus subbisertus, Scalaria supranodosa, Scalaria binodosa, Scalaria spinosa (144631) Scalaria damesi (144633) Trochus binodosus (137429) Trochus subbisertus, Scalaria supranodosa (144634)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	Mexico (Sonora)	E. subbisertus (39172)
Norian - Rhaetian	228.0 - 201.3	Peru	E. pascoensis (68098 68135 68138)
Sevatian	212.0 - 205.6	USA (Idaho)	E. sp., E. binodosa (38377)
Sevatian	212.0 - 205.6	Iran	E. epitoniformis (37959)
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	Peru	E. baltzeri, E. pascoensis (68096) E. pascoensis (68148)
Angulata	201.3 - 196.5	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	E. sp. (90442)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian	201.3 - 189.6	United Kingdom	E. sp. (118018)
Obtusum	196.5 - 189.6	Germany	E. brunhuberi (151335)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	E. dunkeri (225402)
Margaritatus	189.6 - 183.0	United Kingdom	E. leo (118052)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Germany	E. escheri, E. aedilis (159446)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Germany (Bavaria)	E. escheri (25502)
Early/Lower Aalenian	175.6 - 171.6	Germany	E. sp. (58216)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Germany	E. praetor (150926 150927 150929 151069 151070)
Humphresianum - Parkinsoni	171.6 - 167.7	Hungary	E. acanticum (91409)
Late/Upper Bajocian	171.6 - 167.7	Poland	E. sp. 3 (63069 63071)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian	171.6 - 155.7	Romania (Brasov)	Ooliticia phillipsii (81442)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Poland	Littorina praetor (91908)
Bathonian - Callovian	168.3 - 163.5	Germany	E. aedilis (58398 58414)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	E. sp. (141288 141289 141290 141291 141292)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	E. sp. (141265 141267 141269 141270 141277 141278 141279 141293) E. sp. 2, E. izabellae (63058) E. sp. 3 (63072)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	E. sp. (141283)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Germany	E. aedilis (58203)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Germany	E. sp. (58212)
Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Poland	E. sp. 1 (63064)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Poland	E. augur (66972)
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	United Kingdom (England)	E. mulleti (1864)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Tennessee)	E. tuberculata (88357)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Poland	E. crassilabris (27625)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Denmark	E. ultima (137438 176994)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Germany	E. basistriata (3114)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Austria (Salzburg)	E. basistriata (84335)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	Denmark	E. crassilabris (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267 51500)