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

Epitonium brevissimum (G. Seguenza, 1876)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epitonium*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Avalitiscala*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*Cyclostoma*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Depressiscala*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Epitonium (Asperiscala)*	de Boury, 1909	synonym
*Epitonium (Clathrus)*	Agassiz, 1837	synonym
*Epitonium (Fuscoscala)*	Sacco, 1890	synonym
*Epitonium (Hyaloscala)*	de Boury, 1889	synonym
*Epitonium (Labeoscala)*	de Boury, 1912	synonym
*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

Species group names

*Scalaria brevissima*	G. Seguenza, 1876	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Peñas A., Rolán E., Luque A.A., Templado J., Moreno D., Rubio F., Salas C., Sierra A. & Gofas S. (2006). Moluscos marinos de la isla de Alborán. Iberus. 24(1): 23-151.
additional source	Palazzi S. & Villari A. (1996). Malacofaune batiali plio-pleistoceniche del Messinese.2: Capo Milazzo. Naturalista Siciliano, Palermo. (4) 20(3-4): 237-279.
additional source	Micali, P. & Villari, A. (2023). Plio-Pleistocene molluscs of Gravitelli (Messina), with description of Toroidia tavianii n. sp. (Gastropoda, Calliotropidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59(1): 121-132.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium brevissimum (G. Seguenza, 1876). 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:234148