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Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889)

Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889), shells from off NW Gran Canaria, 665-660 m depth (actual sizes 4.9 and 4.3 mm)
Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889), shells from off NW Gran Canaria, 665-660 m depth (actual sizes 4.9 and 4.3 mm)

419814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419814)

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(of Scala polacia Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 319, pl. 18 fig. 10 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419814 on 2026-10-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Epitonium polacia (Dall, 1889). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=419814 on 2026-10-14
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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2013-08-22 17:35:25Z
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Rosenberg, Gary

original description (of Scala polacia Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 319, pl. 18 fig. 10 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Ortega, J. R. & Gofas, S. (2019). The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 41(26): 513-551., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2019v41a26.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

new combination reference Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1952). The genera <i>Epitonium</i> (part 2), <i>Depressiscala</i>, <i>Cylindriscala</i>, <i>Nystiella</i> and <i>Solutiscala</i> in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 2(31): 289-356., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155986
page(s): 316; note: name spelled polacium; however this is not a Latin word and is of unknown etymology, therefore treated as invariant [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scala polacia Dall, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scala polacia Dall, 1889 Holotype USNM 106910) (from synonym Scala polacia Dall, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Scala polacia Dall, 1889)
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