MolluscaBase name details
Scalaria inclyta Melvill, 1885
525134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:525134)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Scalaria Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Epitonium Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J.C. (1885). Descriptions of two new species of shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 4: 316, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571740
page(s): 316, pl. 11, fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 316, pl. 11, fig. 1. [details]
Note 'Locality unknown, but probably the China Seas'
Type locality 'Locality unknown, but probably the China Seas' [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scalaria inclyta Melvill, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=525134 on 2025-09-12
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Melvill, J.C. (1885). Descriptions of two new species of shells. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 4: 316, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571740
page(s): 316, pl. 11, fig. 1. [details]
source of synonymy Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 316, pl. 11, fig. 1. [details]
source of synonymy Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors

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Type locality 'Locality unknown, but probably the China Seas' [details]