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Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense Durham p. 491 figs. Plate 56, figures 27, 28
1970Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense Addicott p. 54 figs. Plate 3, figures 15, 16, 34-37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumMörch 1852
subgenusCirsotrema
speciesclallamense

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell moderately large to large in size; rather heavy; about 9 well-rounded whorls; sutures deep; ornamented by 8 to 10 heavy varices with a prominent angulation just below the suture; interspaces approximately one and one-half times as wide as varices; 3 low, broad spiral ribs on the central portion of the whorl, above these there are 2 or 3 indistinct spirals; the three more prominent spirals can be seen on the outer surface of the varices on well-preserved specimens; character of the aperture in- determinate.