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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium rupicola (Kurtz, 1860)


Range: 41°N to 11°N; 97.7°W to 72.5°W
Depth: 0 to 65 m (live 7 to 65 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria lineata Say, 1822
Scala lineatum (Say, 1822) 
Pictoscala lineatum (Say, 1822) 
Scalaria rupicola Kurtz, 1860
Scalaria unicostata Sowerby II, 1873
Scalaria fischeriana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876
Epitonium reynoldsi Sowerby III, 1916
Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918

Details


Scalaria rupicola Kurtz, 1860, p. 7
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Fort Johnson, South Carolina
Range: 41°N to 11°N; 97.7°W to 75°W
Depth: 0 to 65 m (live 7 to 65 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State, Yucatan State; Colombia
References: García-Cubas (1971) W; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Porter (1974) DL; J. Andrews (1977) {W}; García-Cubas (1982) {S}; Díaz & Puyana (1994) SE
Comments: Altena's (1975) Holocene record in Surinam needs confirmation.

Scalaria fischeriana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876, 
[Synonym]

Scalaria lineata Say, 1822a, p. 242-243
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Southern coast, United States
Range: 41°N to 25°N; 94°W to 72.5°W
Depth: 2 m
Distribution: USA: New York, New Jersey, Florida: West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas
References: Kurtz (1860); S. Smith (1860) NE; Alexander (1941) {NE}; Harry (1942) d; Clench & Turner (1951) s
Comments: Non Epitonium lineatum Röding, 1798.
Combining Genera:  Pictoscala Scala

Epitonium reynoldsi Sowerby III, 1916, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s

Epitonium rupicula sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for rupicola by Perry & Schwengel (1955).

Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s

Scalaria unicostata Sowerby II, 1873a,  pl. 8, fig. 55
[Synonym]
Type Locality: America
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s


Partial List of References

Kurtz, J. D. 1860. Catalogue of Recent marine shells, found on the coasts of North and South Carolina  9 pp. Author: Portland.
Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1873. Monograph of the genus Scalaria Conchologia Iconica 19 pls. 2-13

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