Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Papuliscala

Papuliscala elongata (R. B. Watson, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Papuliscala*	de Boury, 1911	accepted genus name
*Scala (Papuliscala)*	de Boury, 1911	synonym

Species group names

*Fenella elongata*	R. B. Watson, 1881	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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.
additional source	Pimenta A.D., Andrade B.G. & Absalão R.S. (2018). Taxonomy of Nystiellidae (Caenogastropoda, Epitonioidea) from Brazil, with description of three new species from the South-western Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98(7): 1619-1644.
new combination reference	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Papuliscala elongata (R. B. Watson, 1881). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139755