WoRMS taxon details
Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873)
1053039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1053039)
accepted
Species
Limiscala irregulare [sic] (G. B. Sowerby, 1844) · unaccepted > misapplication
Scalaria grayi Nyst, 1873 · unaccepted (original combination)
Scalaria striata Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Scalaria striata Defrance, 1827; Scalaria grayi is a replacement name
marine
(of Scalaria grayi Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre <i>Scalaria</i> décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. <em>Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium grayi (Nyst, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053039 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epitonium ancillottoi T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1998) Cossignani T. & Cossignani V. (1998) Descrizione di una nuova specie di <i>Epitonium</i> Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Epitoniidae) dall'Australia. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 27: 38. [October 1998] [details]
original description (of Scalaria grayi Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre <i>Scalaria</i> décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. <em>Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278 [details]
original description (of Scalaria striata Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170841 [details]
basis of record Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Scalaria grayi Nyst, 1873) Nyst, H. (1873). Tableau synoptique et synonymique des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre <i>Scalaria</i> décrites par les auteurs, avec l'indication des pays de provenance ainsi que des dépôts dans lesquels les espèces fossiles ont été recueillies. <em>Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 6: 77-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43230278 [details]
original description (of Scalaria striata Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170841 [details]
basis of record Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Lee, Y.-C. & Wu, W.-L. (2012). The molluscan fauna of Taiwan - family Epitoniidae. Biodiversity Research Center, Taipei. pp. i-iv, 1-100.
page(s): 33, 78, fig. 94 (as Limiscala irregulare). [details]
identification resource Weil, A., Brown, L. & Neville. 1999. The Wentletrap book: Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world. Rome: Evolver. 245 pp.
page(s): 98, fig. 307 (as Epitonium irregulare). [details]
page(s): 33, 78, fig. 94 (as Limiscala irregulare). [details]
identification resource Weil, A., Brown, L. & Neville. 1999. The Wentletrap book: Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world. Rome: Evolver. 245 pp.
page(s): 98, fig. 307 (as Epitonium irregulare). [details]
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