Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative spelling: Epitonium (Boreoscala)
Synonyms: Catenoscala Dall 1908, Epitonium (Catenoscala) Dall 1908
Parent taxon: Epitoniidae according to H. DuShane 1979
See also Abbass 1967, Durham 1937, Durham 1944, Hickman 1980, Ladd 1972, Oleinik and Marincovich 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aciculiscala, Acirsa, Acirsinae, Alora, Amaea, Belliscala, Cerithiscala, Cirsotrema, Clathroscala, Clathrus, Claviscala, Confusiscala, Crossotrema, Dannevigena, Eglisia, Epitomium, Epitoniinae, Epitonium, Filiscala, Gregorioiscala, Gryoscala, Littoriniscala, Mazescala, Murdochella, Narvaliscala, Notacirsa, Nystiellinae, Opalia, Opaliinae, Papuliscala, Pliciscala, Problitora, Pseudosassia, Scalaria, Scalina, Sthenorytis, Turriscala, Variciscala, Australolaxispira, Funis
Subtaxa: Boreoscala faizae Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni Epitonium (Boreoscala) coosense Epitonium (Boreoscala) earlturneri Epitonium (Boreoscala) hemphilli Epitonium (Boreoscala) insecuritum Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyense Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyensis Epitonium (Boreoscala) wagneri Epitonium (Boreoscala) wyattdurhami
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Alaska, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), the Russian Federation (4), Tonga (1), United States (53: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 66 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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