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Epitonium twilae A. Gittenberger & Goud, 2000
457447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:457447)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gittenberger, A., Goud & Gittenberger, E. (2000). <i>Epitonium</i> (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of four new species. <i>The Nautilus</i>, 114(1): 1-13, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/128726.pdf [details]
Type locality contained in Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Sulawesi, off Ujung Pandang, from 6 meters
type locality contained in Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality Sulawesi, off Ujung Pandang, from 6 meters [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Twila L. Bratcher [nee Langdon; later as Critchlow] (1911-2006).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Twila L. Bratcher [nee Langdon; later as Critchlow] (1911-2006). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium twilae A. Gittenberger & Goud, 2000. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457447 on 2025-09-11
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Gittenberger, A., Goud & Gittenberger, E. (2000). <i>Epitonium</i> (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of four new species. <i>The Nautilus</i>, 114(1): 1-13, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/128726.pdf [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 15-16, pls. S25-S26 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 15-16, pls. S25-S26 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Only A. Gittenberger and Goud are authors of the species. [details]Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Twila L. Bratcher [nee Langdon; later as Critchlow] (1911-2006). [details]
Type locality Sulawesi, off Ujung Pandang, from 6 meters [details]
