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Epitonium vokesae Schmelz & Portell, 2007 †
1824498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1824498)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Gyroscala) vokesae Schmelz & Portell, 2007 † · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Epitonium (Gyroscala) vokesae Schmelz & Portell, 2007 †) Schmelz, G. W. & Portell, R. W. (2007). The Epitoniidae (Gastropoda: Ptenoglossa) from the lower Alum Bluff Group (lower and middle Miocene) of Florida, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 121(3): 105-130, figs. 1-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185614
page(s): 126, 128, figs. 79-83 [details]
page(s): 126, 128, figs. 79-83 [details]
Type locality contained in Florida
type locality contained in Florida (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist/malacologist, Emily Hoskins Vokes (1930-****).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist/malacologist, Emily Hoskins Vokes (1930-****). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium vokesae Schmelz & Portell, 2007 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1824498 on 2025-09-11
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(of Epitonium (Gyroscala) vokesae Schmelz & Portell, 2007 †) Schmelz, G. W. & Portell, R. W. (2007). The Epitoniidae (Gastropoda: Ptenoglossa) from the lower Alum Bluff Group (lower and middle Miocene) of Florida, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 121(3): 105-130, figs. 1-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185614
page(s): 126, 128, figs. 79-83 [details]
basis of record Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 77, pl. S214 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126, 128, figs. 79-83 [details]
basis of record Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 77, pl. S214 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named for the American paleontologist/malacologist, Emily Hoskins Vokes (1930-****). [details]
