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Scala (Crisposcala) rakhiensis

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scala (Crisposcala) rakhiensis was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68170, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1975, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. spinosa, S. pseudogallica, S. dollfusi, S. frondiculoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Scala (Crisposcala) rakhiensis Eames p. 48 figs. Pl 1, figs 26a,b, 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusScalaBolten 1798
subgenusCrisposcala(De Boury 1886)
speciesrakhiensis

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Diagnosis
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