Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium multistriatum (Say, 1826)

Range: 42°N to 41°S; 97.2°W to 0°W
Depth: 2.5 to 219 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15.5 mm

Synonymy

Scalaria multistriata Say, 1826
Scala multistriatum (Say, 1826)
Scalaria leptalea Bush, 1885
Scala leptaleum (Bush, 1885)
Epitonium elliotti Mazyck, 1913
Epitonium virginicum Henderson & Bartsch, 1914

Details

Scalaria multistriata Say, 1826, p. 208-209
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: East Florida and South Carolina
Range: 42°N to 41°S; 97.2°W to 36°W
Depth: 2.5 to 219 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Bermuda; Cuba: Cienfuegos; Brazil: Alagoas
References: Kurtz (1860); Parker (1959) W; Jacobson & Emerson (1961) d; Espinosa & Garces (1990b)
Combining Genera: Scala

Epitonium elliotti Mazyck, 1913,
[Synonym]
Range: 33°N
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
References: Clench & Turner (1952) s

Scalaria leptalea Bush, 1885a, p. 465, [Bush 1893, pl. 1, fig. 17]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 14-16 fathoms [USFC sta. 2277 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.35°N ; 75.33°W
Depth: 29 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Bush (1885a) DdNSEWM
Combining Genera: Scala

Scala multilirata sic,
[Not available]
Comments: Error for multistriata by Adams & Adams (1853).

Epitonium virginicum Henderson & Bartsch, 1914, p. 414, pl. 13, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chincoteague Island, Virginia
Range: 37.9°N ; 75.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: Virginia
References: Henderson & Bartsch (1914) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s

Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.
Henderson, J. B. and P. Bartsch. 1914. Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2055) 411-421, pls. 13-14. [Stated date: 29 Oct 1914.]
Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]

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