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(of Scala (Opalia) xenicima Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). The genus Scala (Klein) Humphrey, as represented in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, with descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology. 10: 340-351, pl. 7. [10(11: 340-344 (1 July); 10(12): 345-351, pl. 7 (1 October)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650162
page(s): 348, pl. 7, fig. 17 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Iranian part of the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of...

type locality contained in Iranian part of the Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524037 on 2026-10-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-09-17 14:09:53Z

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Tran, Bastien

2014-07-05 16:25:10Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2018-01-06 09:32:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scala (Opalia) xenicima Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). The genus Scala (Klein) Humphrey, as represented in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, with descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology. 10: 340-351, pl. 7. [10(11: 340-344 (1 July); 10(12): 345-351, pl. 7 (1 October)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650162
page(s): 348, pl. 7, fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Epitonium turnerae van Regteren Altena, 1971) Regteren Altena, C. O. van. (1971). On six species of marine Mollusca from Suriname, four of which are new. Zoologische Mededelingen. 45 (5) : 75-86, pls 1-2., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319314/ZM1971045005.pdf [details]

new combination reference Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors