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 muricatum (Risso, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scalaria Lamarck, 1801

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

*Turbo aculeatus*	T. Brown, 1818	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Epitonium aculeatum*	(T. Allan, 1818)	synonym
*Epitonium cantrainei*	(Weinkauff, 1866)	synonym
*Scalaria eximia*	Pecchioli, 1864	synonym
*Scalaria kuzmici*	Brusina, 1869	synonym

Literature

basis of record	van Aartsen J.J. (1996) Nomenclatural notes, 8. On Turbo aculeatus T. Brown, 1818 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Epitoniidae). Basteria 60: 3. [23 August 1996]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium muricatum (Risso, 1826). 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:524483