WoRMS taxon details
Epitonium politum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
523953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523953)
accepted
Species
Depressiscala polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) · unaccepted
Epitonium (Nitidiscala) pedroanum Willett, 1932 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted
Epitonium implicatum Dall & Ochsner, 1928 · unaccepted
Epitonium pedroanum Willett, 1932 · unaccepted
Nitidiscala appressicostata (Dall, 1917) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala pedroana (Willett, 1932) · unaccepted
Nitidiscala polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) · unaccepted
Scalaria polita G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 · unaccepted
marine
(of Scalaria polita G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419
page(s): 100, pl. 34 fig. 99 [details]
page(s): 100, pl. 34 fig. 99 [details]
Type locality contained in Colombian part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Colombian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium politum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523953 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917) Dall, W. H. (1917). Notes on the shells of the genus <i>Epitonium</i> and its allies of the Pacific coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53 (2217): 471-488., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553869 [details]
original description (of Epitonium implicatum Dall & Ochsner, 1928) Dall, W. H.; Ochsner, W. H. (1928). Tertiary and Pleistocene Mollusca from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 17(4): 89-139, pls 2-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3129383
page(s): 111, pl. 6 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scalaria polita G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419
page(s): 100, pl. 34 fig. 99 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) pedroanum Willett, 1932) Willett, G. (1932). A new Cardita from the Aleutian Islands and new Epitonium from southern California. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 87-89. [details]
original description (of Epitonium implicatum Dall & Ochsner, 1928) Dall, W. H.; Ochsner, W. H. (1928). Tertiary and Pleistocene Mollusca from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 17(4): 89-139, pls 2-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3129383
page(s): 111, pl. 6 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Scalaria polita G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 83bis-108bis, pls 32-35. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076419
page(s): 100, pl. 34 fig. 99 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nitidiscala) pedroanum Willett, 1932) Willett, G. (1932). A new Cardita from the Aleutian Islands and new Epitonium from southern California. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 87-89. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Subgenus (Hyaloscala) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Depressiscala polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epitonium pedroanum Willett, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium appressicostatum Holotype USNM 59334) (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epitonium pedroanum Willett, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epitonium appressicostatum Holotype USNM 59334) (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
