MolluscaBase taxon details
Epitonium simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
207939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207939)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Lamelliscala) simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) · alternative representation
Epitonium albanyanum (W. H. Turton, 1932) · unaccepted
Scalaria albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Scalaria simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scalaria simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207939 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Scalaria albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 81, pl. 19, sp. 582. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Scalaria simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf? [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nakayama, T. (2003). A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 6: 1-143.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 80 [details]
page(s): 81, pl. 19, sp. 582. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Scalaria simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Marine shells of South Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 368-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573862 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf? [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nakayama, T. (2003). A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 6: 1-143.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 80 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Subgenus (Lamelliscala) [details]
To Conchology (Epitonium simplex)
To Malacopics (Epitonium simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Mzamba Beach, in sand, by snorkling at 2 m depth, collected 2009-00-00, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
To Malacopics (Epitonium simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Mzamba Beach, in sand, by snorkling at 2 m depth, collected 2009-00-00, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
.jpg "To Malacopics (Epitonium simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Mzamba Beach, in sand, by snorkling at 2 m depth, collected 2009-00-00, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)")
Hosted externally
