Deep-Sea taxon details
Epitonium Röding, 1798
137943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137943)
accepted
Genus
Asperiscala de Boury, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Epitonium (Hyaloscala) de Boury, 1889 · alternative representation
Epitonium (Sodaliscala) de Boury, 1909 · alternative representation
Hyaloscala de Boury, 1890 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Parviscala de Boury, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scala Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scalaria Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Epitonium algerianum (Weinkauff, 1866)
- Species Epitonium babylonia (Dall, 1889)
- Species Epitonium bonaespei (Barnard, 1963)
- Species Epitonium brevissimum (G. Seguenza, 1876)
- Species Epitonium celesti (Aradas, 1854)
- Species Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher, 1798)
- Species Epitonium dallianum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
- Species Epitonium denticulatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Epitonium eltanini (Dell, 1990)
- Species Epitonium finitimum (Monterosato, 1890)
- Species Epitonium fischeri (R. B. Watson, 1897)
- Species Epitonium frielei (Dall, 1889)
- Species Epitonium hispidulum (Monterosato, 1874)
- Species Epitonium indianorum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Epitonium linctum (de Boury & Monterosato, 1890)
- Species Epitonium nanum (Jeffreys, 1884)
- Species Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889)
- Species Epitonium semidisjunctum (Jeffreys, 1884)
- Species Epitonium smriglioi Bonfitto, 2010
- Species Epitonium tiberii (de Boury, 1890)
- Species Epitonium tinctum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Epitonium trevelyanum (G. Johnston, 1841)
- Species Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913)
- Species Epitonium continuatum T. S. Oldroyd, 1925 accepted as Epitonium linctum (de Boury & Monterosato, 1890)
- Species Epitonium dendrophylliae Bouchet & Warén, 1986 accepted as Epidendrium dendrophylliae (Bouchet & Warén, 1986) (currently placed in genus Epidendrium)
- Species Epitonium mirificum (P. Fischer, 1886) accepted as Cylindriscala mirifica (P. Fischer, 1886)
- Species Epitonium pandion Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952 accepted as Periapta gracilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Epitonium pauli (de Boury, 1913) accepted as Epitonium fischeri (R. B. Watson, 1897)
- Species Epitonium pourtalesii (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) accepted as Epitonium celesti (Aradas, 1854) (junior synonym)
- Species Epitonium problematicum (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897) accepted as Epitonium dallianum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
- Species Epitonium solutum (Tiberi, 1863) accepted as Epitonium tiberii (de Boury, 1890)
- Subgenus Epitonium (Hyaloscala) de Boury, 1889 represented as Epitonium Röding, 1798
- Subgenus Epitonium (Sodaliscala) de Boury, 1909 represented as Epitonium Röding, 1798
- Species Epitonium (Sodaliscala) tryoni (de Boury, 1913) represented as Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137943 on 2026-06-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Epitonium Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137943 on 2026-06-15
Date
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original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Scala Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Scalaria Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 74 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 279 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Suter H. (1913). <i>Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca with an atlas of quarto plates</i>. Wellington. xxiii + 1120 pp. [1913] Atlas pls 1-72 [1915]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1322773
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Scala Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Scalaria Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 74 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 279 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Suter H. (1913). <i>Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca with an atlas of quarto plates</i>. Wellington. xxiii + 1120 pp. [1913] Atlas pls 1-72 [1915]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1322773
page(s): 319 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Synonymy Epitonium Röding, 1798 is taking priority over Clathrus Oken, 1815. Though Scala Bruguière, 1792 is still older, yet the majority of the recent authors use Epitonium. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオイトカケ属 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ribbesnegler | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ribbesniglar | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epitonium)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437230)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437231)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437230)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437231)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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