WoRMS taxon details

Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)

207954  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207954)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scalaria irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419 [details]   
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873).  
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207954 on 2024-04-20
Date
action
by
1997-11-14 07:36:09Z
created
2011-04-17 22:41:17Z
changed
2020-06-10 09:33:57Z
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original description  (of Scalaria irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419 [details]   

original description  (of Scalaria undulatissima G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London [pls. 2-5, Apr. 1873; 6-11, Aug. 1873; 12, 13, Oct. 1873; 1, 14-16, Jun. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8217819
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 121 [details]   

original description  (of Foraceiscala virgo Masahito & T. Habe, 1976) Masahito (Prince) & Habe T. (1976). Systematic study of Japanese Epitoniidae (III). <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology).</em> 2 (3), 169–174.
page(s): 172, figs 2, 3 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Nakayama, T. (2003). A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca 6: 1-143.</em>
page(s): 73 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873). [details]

From other sources
Subgenus (Limiscala) [details]