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(of Turbo clathrus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Distribution Widely distributed

Distribution Widely distributed [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146905 on 2025-06-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-02-24 10:36:17Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

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Gofas, Serge

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Tran, Bastien

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Kovács, Zoltán

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Nomenclature

original description (of Clathrus rubeolus (G. Coen, 1937)) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 240: 1–173, 10 pls. [details]

original description (of Epitonium elongatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Epitonium valentini Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Scalaria communis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 228 [details]

original description (of Scalaria laevigata Calcara, 1840) Calcara P. (1840). Monografie dei generi Clausilia e Bulimo coll'aggiunta di alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane esistenti nella collezione della Sig. Teresa Gargotta in Salinas. Palermo, Muratori 54 p: , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN64022346X
page(s): 47-48 [details]

original description (of Scalaria mediterranea Locard & Caziot, 1901) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755 [details]

original description (of Scalaria tumida Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Strombiformis clathratus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 115, pl. 7, fig. 11 [details]

original description (of Turbo clathrus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 765 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Epitonium annulatum Milaschewitsch, 1909) Milaschewitsch K.O. (1909). Liste des mollusques marins collectionées en 1908 par Mr. K.P. Jagodovsky dans la Mer Noire près des côtes du Caucase. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg). 14: 310-318. [details]

original description (of Scalaria (Clathrus) communis var. coronata G. Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Scalaria (Clathrus) communis var. nana G. Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Scala (Clathrus) histriaca var. elongata Fenaux, 1943) Fenaux, A. (1943). Descriptions de Scalidae nouveaux. Observations sur la classification de cette famille. Descriptions de Conidae nouveaux. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique. 834: 1–4. [details]

original description (of Epitonium (Clathrus) clathrus minimum F. Nordsieck, 1968) Nordsieck, F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. VIII + 273 pp. [details]

original description (of Scala (Clathrus) communis var. amabilis G. Coen, 1937) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 240: 1–173, 10 pls.
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Scala (Clathrus) communis var. planciana G. Coen, 1937) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 240: 1–173, 10 pls.
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Scala (Clathrus) communis var. rubeola Coen, 1937) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 240: 1–173, 10 pls.
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Scalaria mediterranea var. elongata Locard & Caziot, 1901) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755 [details]

original description (of Scalaria mediterranea var. major Locard & Caziot, 1901) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755 [details]

original description (of Scalaria mediterranea var. minor Locard & Caziot, 1901) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755 [details]

original description (of Scalaria annulata Milaschewitsch, 1909) Milaschewitsch K.O. (1909). Liste des mollusques marins collectionées en 1908 par Mr. K.P. Jagodovsky dans la Mer Noire près des côtes du Caucase. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg). 14: 310-318.
page(s): 311-312 [details]

original description (of Scalaria obsita Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 196, 568 [details]

basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Landau B., La Perna R. & Marquet R. (2006). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 6 – Triphoridae, Epitonioidea, Eulimoidea. Palaeontos. 10: 1-96, pl. 1-22. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Widely distributed [details]

Subgenus (Clathrus) [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	kërmill si shkallë [from synonym]	[details]
Danish	almindelig vindeltrappesnegl	[details]
Dutch	wenteltrapjewenteltrapgewoon wenteltrapjegewone wenteltrap	[details]
English	false wentletrapEuropean wentletrapcommon wentletrapcommon European wentletrap	[details]
French	scalaire	[details]
German	unechte Wendeltreppegemeine Wendeltreppe	[details]
Swedish	vindeltrappa	[details]