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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium candeanum (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 35°N to 35°S; 90.5°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 805 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria candeana d'Orbigny, 1842
Scalaria turricula Sowerby II, 1844
Scalaria turrita Nyst, 1871
Scala antillarum (de Boury, 1909) 
Scalaria antillarum de Boury, 1909
Epitonium marcoense Dall, 1927

Details


Scalaria candeana d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 20, pl. 11 [11 bis], figs. 28-30
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica and Saint-Thomas
Range: 35°N to 35°S; 90.5°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 549 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Andros; Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Surinam, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sao Paulo; Uruguay
References: Porter (1974) N; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Lyons (1989b) l; Sunderland (1989a) M
Comments: See also candeanum auct. = championi.

Scalaria antillarum de Boury, 1909, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1952) s
Combining Genera:  Scala

Epitonium marcoėnse Dall, 1927b, p. 60
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marco, Florida; Albatross sta. 2668, off Fernandina, Florida [actually off Georgia], 30°58'N, 79°38'W, 294 fathoms; sta. 2415, off Georgia, 30°44'N, 79°26'W, 440 fathoms
Range: 30.98°N to 26°N; 82°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 0 to 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Florida: West Florida
References: Dall (1927b) DdNSEWM

Scalaria turricula Sowerby II, 1844, p. 92 [bis], pl. 33, fig. 61; pl. 34, fig. 88
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies; Catanuan Island, Luzon, Philippines
Range: 29.9°N to 18°N; 81.3°W to 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Sowerby II (1844) M; C. W. Johnson (1890) NW; Clench & Turner (1952) s
Comments: Non Cantraine, 1842.

Scalaria turrita Nyst, 1871, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1952) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'īle de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1844. Monograph of the genus Scalaria Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 83 [bis]-108 [bis], pls. 32-35 [True date: pre Apr 11.]

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