World Register of Deep-Sea species - Epitonium eltanini (Dell, 1990)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Epitonium eltanini (Dell, 1990)

AphiaID

523841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Epitonium Röding, 1798

Original name

Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990

Synonymised names

Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990) Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
page(s): 123 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium eltanini (Dell, 1990). 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=523841 on 2026-08-03

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Epitonium eltanini (Dell, 1990). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523841 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-17 14:09:53Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-12-02 14:22:49Z

checked

Schiaparelli, Stefano

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original description (of Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990) Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
page(s): 123 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990, holotype, shell, dorsal view) (from synonym Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asperiscala eltanini Holotype USNM 860101) (from synonym Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asperiscala eltanini Dell, 1990, holotype, shell, dorsal view)

Hosted externally, from synonym

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asperiscala eltanini Holotype USNM 860101)

Hosted externally, from synonym