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Epitonium simplex (Sowerby III, 1894) 
AphiaID: 207939

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitonioidea (Superfamily) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Epitonium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Epitonium Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa
  Epitonium albanyanum (Turton, 1932)
Scalaria albanyana Turton, 1932
Scalaria melvilli de Boury, MS
Scalaria simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. (1985). The Family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Ann. Natal Mus. 27(1): 239-337. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 78 [details]


additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 80 [details]


Environment marine
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Subgenus: (Lamelliscala) [details]
Image 
Epitonium simplex
Epitonium simplex
added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207939
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-02-04 18:13:47Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-07-02 01:35:29Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Epitonium simplex (Sowerby III, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207939 on 2013-05-26
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