WoRMS taxon details
Episiphon Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
138028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138028)
accepted
Genus
Dentalium sowerbyi Guilding, 1834 accepted as Episiphon sowerbyi (Guilding, 1834) (type by subsequent designation)
Dentalium (Episiphon) Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Episiphon bordaensis (Cotton & Ludbrook, 1938)
- Species Episiphon candelatum (Kira, 1959)
- Species Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879)
- Species Episiphon filum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
- Species Episiphon fistula (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
- Species Episiphon gazellae Plate, 1908
- Species Episiphon gracilis Garvie, 1996 †
- Species Episiphon indefensum V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Species Episiphon innumerabile (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
- Species Episiphon joanae V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Species Episiphon kantori V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Species Episiphon kiaochowwanense (S. Tchang & C.-Y. Tsi, 1950)
- Species Episiphon lacteum V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Species Episiphon longum (Sharp & Pilsbry, 1897)
- Species Episiphon minutissimum Ludbrook, 1954
- Species Episiphon pichoni Lamprell & Healy, 1998
- Species Episiphon sominium (Okutani, 1964)
- Species Episiphon sowerbyi (Guilding, 1834)
- Species Episiphon subtorquatum (P. Fischer, 1871)
- Species Episiphon truncatum (Boissevain, 1906)
- Species Episiphon virginieae Scarabino, 1995
- Species Episiphon virgula (Hedley, 1903)
- Species Episiphon wallisi V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Species Episiphon didymus (R. B. Watson, 1879) accepted as Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Episiphon jamiesoni Lamprell & Healy, 1998 accepted as Gadilina insolita (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Episiphon rubescens (Deshayes, 1826) accepted as Fustiaria rubescens (Deshayes, 1826)
- Species Episiphon subrectum (Jeffreys, 1883) accepted as Episiphon virgula (Hedley, 1903)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Episiphon Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138028 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Episiphon) Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Episiphon) Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487
page(s): 117 [details]
Other
additional source
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 23(3): 433-460., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20070811162831/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z01n3a4.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
