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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1831)


Range: 41°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 0.5 to 0.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria angulata Say, 1831
Scala angulatum (Say, 1831) 
Scalaria turbinata Conrad, 1837
Epitonium barbarinum Dall, 1919
Epitonium arnaldoi Tursch & Pierret, 1964

Details


Scalaria clathrus var. angulata Say, 1831b, pl. 27, two upper figures
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [Eastern] United States
Range: 41°N to 35°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 0.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Colombia, Bermuda; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro; Uruguay
References: Melvill (1881); Porter (1974) l; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Mello & Perrier (1986) E
Combining Genera:  Scala

Epitonium (Epitonium) arnaldoi Tursch & Pierret, 1964, p. 36, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Punta de Juatinga, 23°22'S, 48°28'W, 50 meters
Range: 23.37°S to 23.37°S; 48.47°W
Depth: 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Tursch & Pierret (1964) DdNSEWM

Epitonium (Nitidoscala) barbarinum Dall, 1919b, p. 341
[Synonym]
Type Locality: San Diego, California [in error, actually Western Atlantic fide Dushane (1979)]
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
References: Dall (1919b) M; DuShane (1979b) s

Scalaria turbinata Conrad, 1837, 
[Synonym]
Range: 35°N
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2295) 293-371. [Stated date: -- --- 1919; true date: 30 Aug 1919.]
Say, T. 1831. American Conchology 3  pls. 21-30. Thomas Say: New Harmony, Indiana. [Stated date: -- Sep 1830; true date: -- Sep 1831.]
Tursch, B. and J. Pierret. 1964. New species of mollusks from the coast of Brazil Veliger 7 35-37. [Stated date: 01 Jul 1964.]

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