Marine Species Traits - Gyroscala de Boury, 1887

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Gyroscala de Boury, 1887

Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
Specimens from Calahonda, Málaga, Spain (actual size 19 mm and 23.6 mm)

AphiaID

137945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137945)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812)

Original name

Epitonium (Gyroscala) de Boury, 1887

Synonymised names

Gyroscala (Circuloscala) de Boury, 1886 · alternative representation

Gyroscala (Pomiscala) Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Gyroscala acanthodes (Cossmann, 1888) †
Species Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)
Species Gyroscala contabulata (Deshayes, 1861) †
Species Gyroscala coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Gyroscala daniana del Río, 2012 †
Species Gyroscala lycocephala (Kensley & Pether, 1986) †
Species Gyroscala mikeleei E. F. García, 2003
Species Gyroscala purpurata (Dall, 1917)
Species Gyroscala roberti (Dall, 1917)
Species Gyroscala ruellensis de Boury, 1887 †
Species Gyroscala rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860)
Species Gyroscala statuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Species Gyroscala stueri de Boury, 1890 †
Species Gyroscala watanabei T. Nakayama, 2000
Species Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Subgenus Gyroscala (Pomiscala) Iredale, 1936 accepted as Gyroscala de Boury, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Gyroscala (Pomiscala) lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877) (secondary homonym replaced before 1900)
Subgenus Gyroscala (Circuloscala) de Boury, 1886 represented as Gyroscala de Boury, 1887
1. Species Gyroscala (Circuloscala) elegans Isaeva, 1933 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Boury, E. de. (1887). Description de Scalidae nouveaux des couches Éocènes du Bassin de Paris, et révision de quelques espèces mal connues. Published by the author, Théméricourt, pp. 1-56. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k937010t [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gyroscala de Boury, 1887. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137945 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Gyroscala de Boury, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137945 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-30 11:31:32Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2012-10-17 15:30:45Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2014-01-12 16:08:55Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-04-18 16:58:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-02-25 18:45:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-06-06 11:30:42Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Boury, E. de. (1887). Description de Scalidae nouveaux des couches Éocènes du Bassin de Paris, et révision de quelques espèces mal connues. Published by the author, Théméricourt, pp. 1-56. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k937010t [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors

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Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
Specimens from Calahonda, Málaga, Spain (actual size 19 mm and 23.6 mm)

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Gyroscala lamellosa

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Gyroscala commutata

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