WoRMS taxon details
Epitonium occidentale (Nyst, 1873)
419813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419813)
accepted
Species
Epitonium auritum (Mörch, 1875) · unaccepted
Epitonium micromphalum (Mörch, 1875) · unaccepted
Scala micromphala Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted
Scala occidentalis (Nyst, 1873) · unaccepted
Scala occidentalis var. aurita Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted
Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1873 · unaccepted
Scalaria occidentalis var. aurita (Mörch, 1875) · unaccepted
Scalaria tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Scalaria tenuis Gray, 1826; Scala occidentalis is replacement name
marine
(of Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre Scalaria décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278
page(s): 124 [details]
page(s): 124 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium occidentale (Nyst, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419813 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scala micromphala Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre Scalaria décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Scalaria tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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): 87, pl. 32, figs. 6, 7 [details]
original description (of Epitonium auritum (Mörch, 1875)) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322 [details]
original description (of Scala occidentalis var. aurita Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 257 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre Scalaria décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Scalaria tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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): 87, pl. 32, figs. 6, 7 [details]
original description (of Epitonium auritum (Mörch, 1875)) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322 [details]
original description (of Scala occidentalis var. aurita Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 257 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- Caribbean Sea
- Cuba
- Gulf of Mexico
- Mexico
- Venezuela
- (no group)
Unreviewed
Subgenus (Epitonium) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | eared wentletrap [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Geohrte Wendeltreppe [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epitonium auritum (Mörch, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scala micromphala Mörch, 1875)
To Conchology (Epitonium occidentale)
To Malacopics (Epitonium occidentale (Nyst, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scala micromphala Mörch, 1875)
To Conchology (Epitonium occidentale)
To Malacopics (Epitonium occidentale (Nyst, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
