Species Epitonium auritum (Sowerby, 1844)
- Scalaria aurita Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1844. Monograph of the genus Scalaria. 83-108, pl. 32-35 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1. [92, pl. 33, fig. 62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1981045, coast of Coromandel, southeastern India.
Generic Combinations
- Depressiscala aurita (Sowerby, 1844). —
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. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188 [41-42] - Epitonium (Depressiscala) auritum (Sowerby, 1844). —
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [90, fig. 270] - Epitonium (Epitonium) auritum (Sowerby, 1844). —
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. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific. Wilson (1993) gives a range from Ningaloo Reef, around northern Australia to Cairns, Queensland, but there are no records available from northern WA or NT to support this range. Also, India, Japan south to Australia.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, subtidal.
General References
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [67]
Nakayama, T. 2003. A review of northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Monographs of marine mollusca No. 6. Leiden, The Netherlands : Backhuys Publishers pp. 1-143. [57-58, pl. 13, figs 4-6]
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [90, fig. 270]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [276, pl. 44, fig. 14]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 26-Mar-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | EPITONIOIDEA | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |
| 13-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |