Range: 69.23°N to 41.3°N; 71.6°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 309 m (live 16 to 21 m) Maximum Reported Size: 61 mm
Synonymy
Scalaria greenlandica G. Perry, 1811 Boreoscala greenlandicum (G. Perry, 1811) Scalaria similis J. Sowerby, 1813 Scalaria planicosta Kiener, 1838 Scalaria subulata Couthouy, 1838 Scalaria groenlandica Möller, 1842 Boreoscala groenlandicum (Möller, 1842) Scalaria lovenii A. Adams, 1856 Scalaria crebricostata G. O. Sars, 1878 Scalaria angustior Kobelt, 1888 Scalaria major Kobelt, 1888 Scalaria ornata Friele & Grieg, 1901 Epitonium norvegicum Clench & Turner, 1952
Details
Scalaria greenlandicaG. Perry, 1811a, pl. 28, fig. 8 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Greenland Range: 60°N to 41.3°N; 71.6°W to 0°W Depth: 16 to 238 m (live 16 to 21 m) Maximum Reported Size: 61 mm Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Canada: Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York References: Procter (1933) dLlSW; Petit (2003) Combining Genera: Boreoscala
Scalaria gro/nlandica var. crebicostataG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 194, pl. 23, fig. 1 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vadso References: Clench & Turner (1952) s Comments: Non Cooper, 1870.
Scalaria groenlandica Möller, 1842, [Synonym] Attributed to: Chemnitz, 1795 Range: 69.23°N to 42.4°N; 70.9°W to 18°W Depth: 0 to 309 m Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNEM; Gould (1870) dSW; Clench & Turner (1952) s; Alexeyev (2003) Combining Genera: Boreoscala
Scalaria loveniiA. Adams, 1856b, p. 1 [Synonym] Type Locality: Norway Range: 42.5°N to 41.8°N; 66.3°W to 65.8°W Depth: 73 to 201 m Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Georges Bank References: Clench & Turner (1952) DdNSEWM
Scalaria major Kobelt, 1888, [Synonym] References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Epitonium (Boreoscala) greenlandicum norvegicumClench & Turner, 1952, p. 323-324, pl. 155, fig. 1 [Synonym] Type Locality: Off Vest Fjordenm, Norway Maximum Reported Size: 44 mm References: Clench & Turner (1952) M; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s Comments: New name for Scalaria groenlandica var. ornata Friele & Grieg, 1901, non S. ornata Baily, 1865.
Scalaria planicostaKiener, 1838b, p. 18, pl. 7, fig. 21 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 49 mm References: Kiener (1838b) M; Clench & Turner (1952) s
Scalaria similis J. Sowerby, 1813, [Synonym] References: Clench & Turner (1952) s Comments: Non G. B. Sowerby, 1844.
Scalaria subulataCouthouy, 1838, p. 93-96, pl. 3, fig. 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vicinity of Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay Range: 42.5°N ; 70.5°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 21.6 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts References: Couthouy (1838) dNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1952) s
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1856. Description of two new shells discovered by Robert MacAndrew, Esq. on the coast of Norway Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24 1-2. Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1952. The genera Epitonium (part II), Depressiscala, Cylindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 2 289-356. [Stated date: 23 Jul 1952.] Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.] Kiener, L. C. 1838. Genre Scalaire. (Scalaria, Lam.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 10 22 pp., 7 pls. [True date: pre 9 Oct.] Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London. Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
