Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112
Belongs to Epitonium (Boreoscala) according to C. S. Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Boreoscala faizae, Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni, Epitonium (Boreoscala) coosense, Epitonium (Boreoscala) earlturneri, Epitonium (Boreoscala) insecuritum, Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyense, Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyensis, Epitonium (Boreoscala) wagneri
Type specimen: USNM 251347, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Oregon collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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