NARMS name details
Scala Mörch, 1852
153986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153986)
unaccepted
Genus
Turbo clathrus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by typification of replaced name)
- Subgenus Scala (Clathrus) Agassiz, 1837 accepted as Epitonium Röding, 1798
- Species Scala (Clathrus) communis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Scala (Dentiscala) de Boury, 1886 accepted as Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Species Scala (Dentiscala) crenata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scala acus (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Cylindriscala acus (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scala clathratula (Kanmacher, 1798) accepted as Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher, 1798)
- Species Scala commutata (Monterosato, 1877) accepted as Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877) (superseded combination)
- Species Scala delicatula H. Adams, 1869 accepted as Epitonium tenerum (H. Adams, 1873) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Scalaria delicatula Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864; Scala tenera H. Adams, 1873, Scalaria subnudata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 and Scalaria lancerotensis Nyst, 1882 are replacement names)
- Species Scala lamyi de Boury, 1909 accepted as Acrilloscala lamyi (de Boury, 1909)
- Species Scala nitidella Dall, 1889 accepted as Depressiscala nitidella (Dall, 1889) accepted as Epitonium nitidella (Dall, 1889)
- Species Scala polacia Dall, 1889 accepted as Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889)
- Species Scala rushii Dall, 1889 accepted as Epitonium striatissimum (Monterosato, 1878) (synonym)
- Species Scala tenera H. Adams, 1873 accepted as Epitonium tenerum (H. Adams, 1873) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Scalaria tenera G. B. Sowerby I, 1847)
- Species Scala tenuicosta [sic] accepted as Epitonium turtonis (W. Turton, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and misspelling)
- Species Scala tiberii de Boury, 1890 accepted as Epitonium tiberii (de Boury, 1890)
- Species Scala tryoni de Boury, 1913 accepted as Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scala vayssierei Dautzenberg, 1911 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835) (dubious synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scala Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153986 on 2025-07-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Scala Mörch, 1852. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153986 on 2025-07-10
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Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. <i>Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13</i>: 1-66 <I>[Subsequent publication]</I> (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. <i>Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13</i>: 1-66 <I>[Subsequent publication]</I> (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
