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Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

146905  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146905)

accepted
Species
Clathrus clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Epitonium commune (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Epitonium communis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted (synonym; incorrect gender ending)
Scala (Clathrus) histriaca [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of histricosa...)  
misspelling of histricosa Jousseaume, 1912
Scala clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Scalaria communis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scalaria histriaca [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of histricosa...)  
misspelling of histricosa Jousseaum, 1912
Scalaria obsita Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scalaria tumida Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

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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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 765 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Widely distributed  
Distribution Widely distributed [details]
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
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2005-02-24 10:36:17Z
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2005-04-15 07:47:28Z
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2008-05-21 19:31:37Z
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2010-11-23 12:53:09Z
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2010-12-18 22:37:01Z
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2022-08-14 06:34:02Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Clathrus rubeolus (G. Coen, 1937)) Coen, G. (1937). Nuovo saggio di una sylloge molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 <i>Clausilia</i> e Bulimo coll'aggiunta di alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane esistenti nella collezione della Sig. Teresa Gargotta in Salinas. <i>Palermo, Muratori 54 p</i>: , 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. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 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. <em>[book series].</em> 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Strombiformis clathratus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; 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] OpenAccess publication

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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 765 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg).</em> 14: 310-318. [details] 

original description (of Scalaria (Clathrus) communis var. coronata G. Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 834: 1–4. [details] 

original description (of Epitonium (Clathrus) clathrus minimum F. Nordsieck, 1968) Nordsieck, F. (1968). <i>Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer</i>. 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. <em>Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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. <em>Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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. <em>Memoria Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 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. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 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. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 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. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 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. <em>Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg).</em> 14: 310-318.
page(s): 311-312 [details] 

original description (of Scalaria obsita Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Palaeontos.</em> 10: 1-96, pl. 1-22. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Widely distributed [details]

Subgenus (Clathrus) [details]
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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]