CaRMS taxon details
Epitonium Röding, 1798
137943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137943)
accepted
Genus
Scalaria Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1831)
- Species Epitonium celesti (Aradas, 1854)
- Species Epitonium championi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952
- Species Epitonium dallianum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
- Species Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)
- Species Epitonium multistriatum (Say, 1826)
- Species Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838)
- Species Epitonium greenlandicum (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Boreoscala greenlandica (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epitonium pandion Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952 accepted as Periapta gracilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860) accepted as Gyroscala rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137943 on 2025-05-11
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Epitonium Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137943 on 2025-05-11
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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 Scalaria Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (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]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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 Scalaria Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (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]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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] |
