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Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
207954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207954)
accepted
Species
Cirratiscala undulatissima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) · unaccepted
Epitonium undulatissimum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) · unaccepted
Epitonium virgo (Masahito & Habe, 1976) · unaccepted
Foliaceiscala virgo Masahito & T. Habe, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Foraceiscala virgo Masahito & T. Habe, 1976 · unaccepted (misspelling of generic name)
Scalaria irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 · unaccepted
Scalaria undulatissima G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scalaria irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419 [details]
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873).
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207954 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Scalaria irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419 [details]
original description (of Scalaria undulatissima G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London [pls. 2-5, Apr. 1873; 6-11, Aug. 1873; 12, 13, Oct. 1873; 1, 14-16, Jun. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8217819
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 121 [details]
original description (of Foraceiscala virgo Masahito & T. Habe, 1976) Masahito (Prince) & Habe T. (1976). Systematic study of Japanese Epitoniidae (III). <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology).</em> 2 (3), 169–174.
page(s): 172, figs 2, 3 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nakayama, T. (2003). A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 6: 1-143.
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scalaria undulatissima G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London [pls. 2-5, Apr. 1873; 6-11, Aug. 1873; 12, 13, Oct. 1873; 1, 14-16, Jun. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8217819
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 121 [details]
original description (of Foraceiscala virgo Masahito & T. Habe, 1976) Masahito (Prince) & Habe T. (1976). Systematic study of Japanese Epitoniidae (III). <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology).</em> 2 (3), 169–174.
page(s): 172, figs 2, 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nakayama, T. (2003). A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 6: 1-143.
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This name is often misapplied to a large W. Pacific species, Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873). [details]Unreviewed
Subgenus (Limiscala) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cirratiscala undulatissima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874))
To Malacopics (Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Island, by tangle net, at 130-150 m depth, collected 2008-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Epitonium irregulare (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Island, by tangle net, at 130-150 m depth, collected 2008-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
Unreviewed
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