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Epitonium

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Epitonium Bolten
1928Epitonium Nagao p. 91
1937Epitonium Durham p. 485
1944Epitonium Durham p. 156
1947Epitonium Harris and Palmer p. 236
1948Epitonium Gardner p. 169
1957Epitonium Rivera p. 173
1960Epitonium MacNeil p. 44
1970Epitonium Addicott p. 54
1972Epitonium Ladd p. 51
1980Epitonium Hickman p. 26
1982Epitonium Ladd p. 33
1984Epitonium Moore p. 10
1987Epitonium Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1992Epitonium Squires and Demetrion p. 30
1993Epitonium Dockery p. 84
1993Epitonium Wilson p. 275
1995Epitonium Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 56
2001Epitonium Todd
2001Epitonium Wienrich p. 454
2002Epitonium Harzhauser p. 93
2002Epitonium Sepkoski
2008Epitonium Nielson and Valdovinos p. 207

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

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.

G. Epitonium Bolten 1798
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Subg. †Epitonium (Arctoscala) Dall 1909
Subg. Epitonium (Asperiscala) de Boury 1909
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Epitonium (Asperiscala) cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926
Epitonium (Asperiscala) dallasi Jordan and Herltein 1926
Subg. †Epitonium (Bifidoscala) Cossmann 1888
Subg. Epitonium (Cinctiscala) de Boury 1909
Subg. †Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887
Subg. Epitonium (Cycloscala) Dall 1889
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Subg. Epitonium (Glabriscala) De Boury 1909
Subg. Epitonium (Gyroscala) de Boury 1887
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Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley and Pether 1986
Gyroscala punjabensis Eames 1952
Subg. Epitonium (Hirtoscala) Monterosato 1890
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Hirtoscala caamanoi Dall and Bartsch 1910
Hirtoscala hindsii Carpenter 1856
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Invalid names: Epitonium (Nitidiscala) contrerasi Jordan and Hertlein 1926 [synonym]
Hirtoscala indianorum Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Epitonium (Crisposcala) acrostephanum Dall 1908 [synonym], Epitonium regum Dall 1917 [synonym]
Hirtoscala tincta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Epitonium (Nitidoscala) continuatum Oldroyd 1925 [synonym], Epitonium (Nitidoscala) subcoronatum Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Subg. Epitonium (Hyaloscala) De Boury 1890
Subg. Epitonium (Minutiscala) de Boury 1909
Subg. Epitonium (Papyriscala) de Boury 1909
Subg. Epitonium (Parviscala) de Boury 1887
Subg. †Epitonium (Scala) Humphrey
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Subg. Scala (Fuscoscala) Monterosato 1890
Subg. Scala (Spiniscala) De Boury 1909
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Epitonium (Spiniscala) loripanum Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Spiniscala alidotum Woodring 1928
Spiniscala etolium Woodring 1928
Subg. Scala (Subuliscala) de Boury 1909
Scala crebricostata Carpenter 1863
Scala marylandica Martin 1904
Scala octolineata Conrad 1860
Scala ranellina Dall 1896
Scala virginiana Clark 1895
Epitonium alaquaense Mansfield 1935
Epitonium albidum Orbigny 1842
Epitonium candeanum d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Epitonium antillarum de Boury 1909 [synonym]
Epitonium charlestonensis Johnson 1931
Epitonium clallamense Durham 1937
Epitonium clarki Oldroyd 1921
Epitonium cribrum Cooke 1926
Epitonium dubiosum Dall 1916
Epitonium echinaticosta d'Orbigny 1842
Epitonium faearium Dockery 1993
Epitonium foliaceum Sowerby 1825
Epitonium frondiculum Wood 1842
Epitonium frondosum Sowerby 1827
Epitonium hospitum Nagao 1928
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Invalid names: Scala sayana Dall 1889 [synonym]
Epitonium kostejanum Boettger 1902
Epitonium latefasciatum Sowerby 1844
Epitonium leai Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Epitonium merriami Dickerson 1917
Epitonium paytense Olsson 1930
Epitonium peruvianum Olsson 1928
Epitonium philippinarum Sowerby 1844
Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860
Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834
Epitonium sohli Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Epitonium stellanum Stephenson 1953
Epitonium submaculosum Nagao 1928
Epitonium tollini Bartsch 1938
Epitonium trevelyana Johnston 1841
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell turreted, porcellaneous and usually rather thin; whorls loosely or closely appressed; convex; with axial varices; aperture entire, usually ovate, slightly oblique, thickened by last varix; auricle present; spiral ribs present or none; umbilicus open or closed.