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Epitonium humphreysii

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria humphreysii was named by Kiener (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium humphreysii by Richards (1962) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Scalaria humphreysii Kiener p. 15 figs. pl. 5, fig. 16
1889Scala sayana Dall p. 308
1904Scala sayana Martin p. 212
1962Epitonium humphreysii Richards
2008Epitonium humphreysii Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumBolten 1798
specieshumphreysii(Kiener 1838)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Scala sayana Dall 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available