Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa - Epitoniidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Belongs to Epitonium according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Epitonium (Asperiscala), Epitonium (Boreoscala), Epitonium (Cinctiscala), Epitonium (Crisposcala), Epitonium (Cycloscala), Epitonium (Epitonium), Epitonium (Glabriscala), Epitonium (Gyroscala), Epitonium (Hirtoscala), Epitonium (Hyaloscala), Epitonium (Nitidiscala), Epitonium (Pictoscala), Epitonium (Striatascala), Epitonium alaquaense, Epitonium angulatum, Epitonium candeanum, Epitonium charlestonensis, Epitonium clallamense, Epitonium clathratulum, Epitonium dubiosum, Epitonium echinaticosta, Epitonium faearium, Epitonium foliaceum, Epitonium frondiculum, Epitonium frondosum, Epitonium georgettinum, Epitonium greenlandicum, Epitonium humphreysii, Epitonium lamellosum, Epitonium latefasciatum, Epitonium leai, Epitonium multistriatum, Epitonium paytense, Epitonium peruvianum, Epitonium philippinarum, Epitonium riachuelanum, Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium sandwichense, Epitonium sillimani, Epitonium sohli, Epitonium stellanum, Epitonium tollini, Epitonium trevelyana

Type specimen: ANSP 52850, a shell. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 4.00 x 2.00