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Epitonium (Boreoscala) hemphilli

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria hemphilli was named by Dall (1878).

It was recombined as Scala hemphilli by Arnold (1903) and Arnold (1906); it was recombined as Epitonium hemphilli by Dall (1917); it was recombined as Epitonium (Boreoscala) hemphilli by Grant and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Epitonium (Asperiscala) hemphilli by Durham (1937); it was recombined as Asperiscala hemphilli by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Scalaria hemphilli Dall p. 29
1903Scala hemphilli Arnold p. 264
1906Scala hemphilli Arnold p. 36
1917Epitonium hemphilli Dall p. 472
1931Epitonium (Boreoscala) hemphilli Grant and Gale p. 856
1937Epitonium (Asperiscala) hemphilli Durham p. 489
2021Asperiscala hemphilli Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumKobelt 1905
subgenusBoreoscala
specieshemphilli(Dall 1878)

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell medium, moderately heavy; umbilicus closed; body whorl fairly large; six or more whorls in adult, nuclear whorls lost in all specimens at hand; whorls nearly semicircular in outline, rather loosely appressed against the preceding whorl, crossed by 10 or 11 strongly reflexed varices varying from thin to heavy, usually with sharp spinose angulation just below suture; on whorls of the spire there are about 14 spiral threads with interspaces of equal size, those on the greatest convexity of the whorl being the most prominent while those just below the suture are obsolete in some specimens, on the body whorl continuing into the closed umbilical area; in some of the interspaces there are fine secondary threads; aperture oval, entire, outer lip thickened by last varix, inner lip rather thin.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available