Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Epitonium

Epitonium turtonis (Turton, 1819)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epitonium*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Cyclostoma*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Epitonium (Clathrus)*		synonym
*Parviscala*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scala*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Scalaria*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Species group names

*Turbo turtonis*	Turton, 1819	basionym
*Epitonium turtonae*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Scalaria tenuicosta*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Epitonium turtonae*	[sic]	synonym
*Epitonium turtonae karpathense*	Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Scalaria planicosta*	Bivona Ant., 1832	synonym
*Scalaria tenuicosta*	[sic]	synonym
*Scalaria tenuicosta var. strigata*	Pallary, 1938	synonym
*Scalaria tenuicostata*	Michaud, 1829	synonym
*Scalaria turtonae*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Turbo turtonis*	Turton, 1819	synonym

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.

Swedish: större vindeltrappa

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Epitonium turtonis (Turton, 1819). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139738