Epitonium irregulare
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Köhler, Frank
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). 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 2026-08-01
created: 1997-11-14T08:36:09Z
modified: 2020-06-10T11:33:57Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
class: Gastropoda
family: Epitoniidae
genus: Epitonium
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published.
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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].
name published in: Masahito (Prince) & Habe T. (1976). Systematic study of Japanese Epitoniidae (III). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology). 2 (3), 169–174.
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1873-1874
name published in year: 1976
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 137943
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
specific epithet: irregulare
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted