Marine Species Traits - Episcynia Mörch, 1875

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Episcynia Mörch, 1875

AphiaID

415351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415351)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)

Original name

Architectonica (Episcynia) Mörch, 1875

Direct children (8)

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Species Episcynia bolivari Pilsbry & Olsson, 1946
Species Episcynia devexa Keen, 1946
Species Episcynia inornata (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Episcynia itanhura Simone, 2012
Species Episcynia medialis Keen, 1971
Species Episcynia multicarinata (Dall, 1889)
Species Episcynia nicholsoni (A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
Species Episcynia mauryi J. A. Gardner, 1947 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 22: 142-184., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919003
page(s): 155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Episcynia Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415351 on 2025-09-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Episcynia Mörch, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415351 on 2025-09-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z

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2011-12-18 06:24:30Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-25 15:09:14Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 22: 142-184., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919003
page(s): 155 [details]

basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1952). Vitrinellidae of the Panamic Province: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 104: 35-88, pl. 2-13.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors

additional source Keen, A. M. (1946). A new gastropod of the genus Episcynia Mörch. The Nautilus. 60(1): 8-11, pl. 1, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523681
page(s): 8-9 [details]

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