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 turtonis (W. Turton, 1819)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

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

*Epitonium turtonae*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Scala tenuicosta*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Scalaria tenuicosta*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Epitonium (Fuscoscala) turtonae*	[sic]	synonym
*Epitonium (Fuscoscala) turtonae karpathense*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Epitonium turtonae karpathense*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Scalaria planicosta*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1832	synonym
*Scalaria tenuicosta var. strigata*	Pallary, 1938	synonym
*Scalaria tenuicostata*	Michaud, 1829	synonym
*Scalaria turtonae*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Scalaria plicata*	Lamarck, 1804 sensu Scacchi, 1835	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: plettet vindeltrappesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Turtons wenteltrapje sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: finely ribbed wentletrap; Turton's wentletrap sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Feinrippige Wendeltreppe; Turtons Wendeltreppe sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: större vindeltrappa

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	Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium turtonis (W. Turton, 1819). 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:139738