North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913)

To GB Mollusca Types (Scalaria smithi Watson, 1897; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); NMW.1955.158.01021)

AphiaID

139737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139737)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Epitonium Röding, 1798

Original name

Scala tryoni de Boury, 1913

Synonymised names

Scala tryoni de Boury, 1913 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Scalaria smithii R. B. Watson, 1897 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Scalaria...)

junior homonym of Scalaria smithii Tryon, 1887

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Scala tryoni de Boury, 1913) Boury, E. de. (1913). Observations sur quelques espèces ou sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 61: 65-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16294279
page(s): 108 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139737 on 2026-10-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139737 on 2026-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Scala tryoni de Boury, 1913) Boury, E. de. (1913). Observations sur quelques espèces ou sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 61: 65-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16294279
page(s): 108 [details]

original description (of Scalaria smithii R. B. Watson, 1897) Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

subsequent type designation Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140762
page(s): 504; note: lectotype designated [details]