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Scalina

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy

Scalina was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant. Its type is Scalaria staminea.

It was reranked as Amaea (Scalina) by DuShane and McLean (1968), Hickman (1980) and Dushane (1988).

It was assigned to Amaea by DuShane and McLean (1968), Hickman (1980) and Dushane (1988); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epitoniidae by Gardner (1947), Olsson (1967), Addicott (1970), Perrilliat (1992), Todd (2001), DeVries (2007) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Amaea dickersoni, S. eigandi, S. menthafontis, S. trapaquara

Synonyms

Ferminoscala was named by Dall (1908). It is extant. Its type is Epitonium (Ferminoscala) ferminianum.

It was reranked as Acrilla (Ferminoscala) by Durham (1937), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Eames (1952), Zinsmeister (1983) and Oleinik and Marincovich (2003); it was reranked as Epitonium (Ferminoscala) by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Scalina by Olsson (1967), Dushane (1988) and DeVries (2007).

It was assigned to Epitonium by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); and to Acrilla by Durham (1937), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Eames (1952), Zinsmeister (1983) and Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).
Elegantiscala was named by deBoury (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scalina by Dushane (1988).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Scalina Conrad
1908	Ferminoscala Dall p. 316
1911	Elegantiscala deBoury
1937	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Durham p. 506
1938	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Turner p. 80
1941	Epitonium (Ferminoscala) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 8
1944	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Durham p. 158
1947	Scalina Gardner p. 577
1952	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Eames p. 52
1967	Scalina Olsson p. 41
1968	Amaea (Scalina) DuShane and McLean p. 4
1970	Scalina Addicott p. 56
1980	Amaea (Scalina) Hickman p. 31
1983	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Zinsmeister p. 1291
1988	Amaea (Scalina) Dushane p. 52
1992	Scalina Perrilliat p. 23
2001	Scalina Todd
2002	Elegantiscala Sepkoski
2002	Scalina Sepkoski
2003	Acrilla (Ferminoscala) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 40
2007	Scalina DeVries p. 233
2010	Scalina Landau and Marques da Silva p. 61

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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	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Epitonioidea	(Berry 1910)
family	Epitoniidae	Berry 1910
genus	Scalina	Conrad 1865

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. Scalina Conrad 1865

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†Scalina belti DeVries 2007

†Scalina boylae Olsson 1967

†Scalina brophyi DeVries 2007

Scalina brunneopicta Dall 1908

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Invalid names: Epitonium (Ferminoscala) eleutherium Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]

†Scalina cheneyi DeVries 2007

Scalina deroyae DuShane 1970

Scalina ferminiana Dall 1908

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Invalid names: Epitonium (Ferminoscala) manabianum Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym], Scala (Acrilla) wiegandi Böse 1910 [synonym], Scala weigandi Böse 1910 [synonym]

†Scalina foosei DeVries 2007

†Scalina gardnerae Olsson 1967

†Scalina isaacsoni DeVries 2007

†Scalina kendacensis Jung 1971

Scalina mitchelli Dall 1896

†Scalina pseudoleroyi Maury 1925

Scalina retifera Dall 1889

†Scalina staminea Conrad 1865

Scalina tehuanarum DuShane and McLean 1968

†Scalina trigintanaria Conrad 1848

†Scalina waynensis Mansfield 1940

†Scalina whitei Keen 1943

Invalid names: Elegantiscala deBoury 1911 [synonym], Ferminoscala Dall 1908 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937 (Acrilla (Ferminoscala))	Shell relatively large, turritelloid; axially ornamented by numerous fine thread-like varices; spiral ribs about as prominent as axial varices; basal disk present, axial varices passing over it to the peristome, spiral ribs also present on basal disk; aperture ovate, anterior auricle present. Living in Gulf of Mexico and on Pacific Coast in subtropical conditions.