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

Amaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scala (Amaea)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym

Children

Amaea retifera (Dall, 1889)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナガイトカケ属

Literature

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. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188.
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.
subsequent type designation	Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 57(3): 255-258.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. 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:390683