MolluscaBase taxon details
Gyroscala rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860)
524035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524035)
accepted
Species
Epitonium lagunarum Dall, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epitonium reynoldsi G. B. Sowerby III, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gyroscala fischeriana (Tapparone Canefri, 1876) · unaccepted
Gyroscala reynoldsi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gyroscala sublineata (de Boury, 1918) · unaccepted
Scalaria fischeriana Tapparone Canefri, 1876 · unaccepted
Scalaria lineata Say, 1822 · unaccepted
Scalaria rupicola J. D. Kurtz, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Scalaria unicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scalaria rupicola J. D. Kurtz, 1860) Kurtz, J. D. (1860). Catalogue of Recent marine shells, found on the coasts of North and South Carolina. <em>Author: Portland.</em> 9 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44194910
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
Note USA, South Carolina, Fort Johnson
Type locality USA, South Carolina, Fort Johnson [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gyroscala rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524035 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Scalaria fischeriana Tapparone Canefri, 1876) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1876). Rectifications dans la nomenclature de quelques espèces du genre <i>Scalaria</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 24(2): 152-156. [19 May 1876]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071459
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Scalaria lineata Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Scalaria rupicola J. D. Kurtz, 1860) Kurtz, J. D. (1860). Catalogue of Recent marine shells, found on the coasts of North and South Carolina. <em>Author: Portland.</em> 9 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44194910
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918) Boury, E. de. (1918). Etude sur les scalaires de la cote Pacifique Americaine a propos d'un recent travail de M. Dall. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 64: 33-40.
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Scalaria unicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London [pls. 2-5, Apr. 1873; 6-11, Aug. 1873; 12, 13, Oct. 1873; 1, 14-16, Jun. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8217819
page(s): Pl. 8, species 55. [details]
original description (of Epitonium reynoldsi G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1916). Descriptions of seven new species of Mollusca belonging to the genera <i>Drillia, Clavatula, Epitonium, Cantharidus, Bittium, Fissurella</i>, and <i>Cardium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12 (2-3): 74–76, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770530 [details]
original description (of Epitonium lagunarum 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
page(s): p. 477. [details]
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Scalaria lineata Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Scalaria rupicola J. D. Kurtz, 1860) Kurtz, J. D. (1860). Catalogue of Recent marine shells, found on the coasts of North and South Carolina. <em>Author: Portland.</em> 9 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44194910
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918) Boury, E. de. (1918). Etude sur les scalaires de la cote Pacifique Americaine a propos d'un recent travail de M. Dall. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 64: 33-40.
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Scalaria unicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Scalaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-16 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London [pls. 2-5, Apr. 1873; 6-11, Aug. 1873; 12, 13, Oct. 1873; 1, 14-16, Jun. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8217819
page(s): Pl. 8, species 55. [details]
original description (of Epitonium reynoldsi G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1916). Descriptions of seven new species of Mollusca belonging to the genera <i>Drillia, Clavatula, Epitonium, Cantharidus, Bittium, Fissurella</i>, and <i>Cardium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12 (2-3): 74–76, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770530 [details]
original description (of Epitonium lagunarum 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
page(s): p. 477. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, South Carolina, Fort Johnson [details]
To Conchology (Gyroscala rupicola)
To Conchology (Gyroscala rupicola)
To Conchology (Gyroscala rupicola)
To Malacopics (Gyroscala rupicola (Kurtz, 1860) United States, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, Plum Point, low tide, near grass beds, collected September 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437238) (from synonym Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031847) (from synonym Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860))
To Conchology (Gyroscala rupicola)
To Conchology (Gyroscala rupicola)
To Malacopics (Gyroscala rupicola (Kurtz, 1860) United States, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, Plum Point, low tide, near grass beds, collected September 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437238) (from synonym Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031847) (from synonym Epitonium rupicola (J. D. Kurtz, 1860))
