MolluscaBase taxon details
Epitonium hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856)
523876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523876)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Nitidiscala) bakhanstranum Keen, 1962 · unaccepted
Epitonium (Nitidiscala) cooperi A. M. Strong, 1930 · unaccepted
Epitonium (Nitidiscala) hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) · alternative representation
Epitonium apiculatum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
invalid: junior secondary homonym of Scala apiculata Dall, 1889; Epitonium bakhanstranum is a replacement name
Epitonium bakhanstranum Keen, 1962 · unaccepted
Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Epitonium contrerasi E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926 · unaccepted
Epitonium cooperi A. M. Strong, 1930 · unaccepted
Epitonium cylindricum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Epitonium persuturum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Nitidiscala apiculata (Dall, 1917) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala cylindrica (Dall, 1917) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala musidora (Dall, 1917) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala persutura (Dall, 1917) · unaccepted
Scalaria hindsii P. P. Carpenter, 1856 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Scalaria hindsii P. P. Carpenter, 1856) Carpenter, P. P. (1856). Description of new species of shells collected by Mr. T. Bridges in the Bay of Panama and its vicinity, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1856) 24: 159-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860689
page(s): 165 [details]
page(s): 165 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523876 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium contrerasi E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926) Jordan, E. K.; Hertlein, L. G. (1926). Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of lower California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series.</em> 15(14): 409-464, pls. 27-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3143711
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Epitonium cylindricum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 479 [details]
original description (of Epitonium persuturum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Scalaria hindsii P. P. Carpenter, 1856) Carpenter, P. P. (1856). Description of new species of shells collected by Mr. T. Bridges in the Bay of Panama and its vicinity, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1856) 24: 159-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860689
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) bakhanstranum Keen, 1962) Keen, A. M. (1962). Nomenclatural notes on some West American mollusks, with proposal of a new species name. <em>Veliger.</em> 4(4): 178-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42499093
page(s): 179; note: nom. nov. pro Epitonium apiculatum Dall, 1917, not Scala apiculata Dall, 1889 [details]
original description (of Epitonium apiculatum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) cooperi A. M. Strong, 1930) Strong, A. M. (1930). Notes on some species of Epitonium, subgenus Nitidiscala, from the west coast of North America. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 6 (7) 183-196. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium contrerasi E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926) Jordan, E. K.; Hertlein, L. G. (1926). Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of lower California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, fourth series.</em> 15(14): 409-464, pls. 27-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3143711
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Epitonium cylindricum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 479 [details]
original description (of Epitonium persuturum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Scalaria hindsii P. P. Carpenter, 1856) Carpenter, P. P. (1856). Description of new species of shells collected by Mr. T. Bridges in the Bay of Panama and its vicinity, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1856) 24: 159-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860689
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) bakhanstranum Keen, 1962) Keen, A. M. (1962). Nomenclatural notes on some West American mollusks, with proposal of a new species name. <em>Veliger.</em> 4(4): 178-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42499093
page(s): 179; note: nom. nov. pro Epitonium apiculatum Dall, 1917, not Scala apiculata Dall, 1889 [details]
original description (of Epitonium apiculatum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) cooperi A. M. Strong, 1930) Strong, A. M. (1930). Notes on some species of Epitonium, subgenus Nitidiscala, from the west coast of North America. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 6 (7) 183-196. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Subgenus (Lamelliscala) [details]
To Conchology (Epitonium hindsii)
To Malacopics (Epitonium hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 105527) (from synonym Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 201203) (from synonym Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 111208) (from synonym Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium persuturum Holotype USNM 211021) (from synonym Epitonium persuturum Dall, 1917)
To Malacopics (Epitonium hindsii (P. P. Carpenter, 1856))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 105527) (from synonym Epitonium compradora Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 201203) (from synonym Epitonium musidora Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917 Holotype USNM 111208) (from synonym Epitonium pazianum Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium persuturum Holotype USNM 211021) (from synonym Epitonium persuturum Dall, 1917)
