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

Epitonium Röding, 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Avalitiscala*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Cyclostoma*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Depressiscala*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Epitonium (Asperiscala)*	de Boury, 1909	synonym; alternate representation
*Epitonium (Clathrus)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Epitonium (Fuscoscala)*	Sacco, 1890	synonym
*Epitonium (Hyaloscala)*	de Boury, 1889	synonym; alternate representation
*Epitonium (Labeoscala)*	de Boury, 1912	synonym; alternate representation
*Hyaloscala*	de Boury, 1890	synonym
*Parviscala*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scala*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Scala (Clathrus)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Scala (Depressiscala)*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Scala (Hyaloscala)*	de Boury, 1890	synonym
*Scala (Labeoscala)*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Scala (Parviscala)*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scalaria*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Scalaria (Fuscoscala)*	Sacco, 1890	synonym

Children

Epitonium algerianum (Weinkauff, 1866)
Epitonium aranea Bonfitto, 2017
Epitonium brevissimum (G. Seguenza, 1876)
Epitonium candidissimum (Monterosato, 1877)
Epitonium celesti (Aradas, 1854)
Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher, 1798)
Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epitonium dallianum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
Epitonium finitimum (Monterosato, 1890)
Epitonium fischeri (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Epitonium fulvovittatum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
Epitonium hispidulum (Monterosato, 1874)
Epitonium jani Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Epitonium jolyi (Monterosato, 1878)
Epitonium linctum (de Boury & Monterosato, 1890)
Epitonium muricatum (Risso, 1826)
Epitonium nanum (Jeffreys, 1884)
Epitonium nitidella (Dall, 1889)
Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889)
Epitonium pulchellum (Bivona e Barnardi, 1832)
Epitonium rhips (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Epitonium semidisjunctum (Jeffreys, 1884)
Epitonium spirilla (Monterosato, 1890)
Epitonium striatissimum (Monterosato, 1878)
Epitonium tenerum (H. Adams, 1873)
Epitonium tiberii (de Boury, 1890)
Epitonium trevelyanum (G. Johnston, 1841)
Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913)
Epitonium turtonis (W. Turton, 1819)
Epitonium vaillanti (Jousseaume, 1912)
Epitonium vittatum (Jeffreys, 1884)
Epitonium webbii (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Scalaria longissima G. Seguenza, 1880

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオイトカケ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: ribbesnegler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ribbesniglar

Literature

original description	Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp.
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	Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.
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.
subsequent type designation	Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca with an atlas of quarto plates. Wellington. xxiii + 1120 pp. [1913] Atlas pls 1-72 [1915].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium Röding, 1798. 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:137943