WoRMS taxon details
Epitonium sandwichense (Nyst, 1873)
523969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523969)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Laeviscala) sandwichense (Nyst, 1871) · alternative representation
Epitonium decussatum (Pease, 1868) · unaccepted
Epitonium kanemoe Pilsbry, 1921 · unaccepted
Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Scalaria decussata Lamarck, 1804, and several others; Scalaria sandwichensis Nyst, 1873, is a replacement name
Scalaria kanemoe (Pilsbry, 1921) · unaccepted
Scalaria sandwichensis Nyst, 1873 · unaccepted (original combination)
Scalaria subdecussata Pease, 1867 · unaccepted (non Cantraine, 1835)
marine
(of Scalaria sandwichensis Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre <i>Scalaria</i> décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. <em>Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278
page(s): 132; note: Nomen novum for Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868, not Lamarck, 1804 . [details]
page(s): 132; note: Nomen novum for Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868, not Lamarck, 1804 . [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Epitonium sandwichense (Nyst, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523969 on 2026-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scalaria sandwichensis Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre <i>Scalaria</i> décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. <em>Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278
page(s): 132; note: Nomen novum for Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868, not Lamarck, 1804 . [details]
original description (of Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Description of sixty-five new species of marine Gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3(4): 271-297, pls 23-24. [published 2 April 1868]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6659055
page(s): 289, pl. 24 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Epitonium kanemoe Pilsbry, 1921) Pilsbry, H. A. (1921). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, VIII-XIII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 72: 296-328, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26309896 [details]
page(s): 132; note: Nomen novum for Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868, not Lamarck, 1804 . [details]
original description (of Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Description of sixty-five new species of marine Gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3(4): 271-297, pls 23-24. [published 2 April 1868]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6659055
page(s): 289, pl. 24 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Epitonium kanemoe Pilsbry, 1921) Pilsbry, H. A. (1921). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, VIII-XIII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 72: 296-328, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26309896 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Subgenus (Laeviscala) [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 19585)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epitonium kanemoe Pilsbry, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scalaria subdecussata Pease, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868)
To Conchology (Epitonium sandwichense)
To Malacopics (Epitonium sandwichense (Nyst, 1873) Arabian coast)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Epitonium decussatum (Pease, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epitonium kanemoe Pilsbry, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scalaria subdecussata Pease, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Scalaria decussata Pease, 1868)
To Conchology (Epitonium sandwichense)
To Malacopics (Epitonium sandwichense (Nyst, 1873) Arabian coast)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Epitonium decussatum (Pease, 1868))
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
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