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Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Claviscala

de Boury, 1909

Shell medium to large, strong, solid, rather narrow and turreted with strong axial ribs, fine spiral striae and relatively inconspicuous varices; base of body whorl with a single cord; aperture ovate-quadrate; no umbilicus.; without intritacalx.



Genotype:

Type species: (by original designation) Scalaria richardi Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897.


Literature cited:

Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda).. Bollettino Malacologico.. suppl. 2. pp: 297-576
Brown, L. & 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. Zootaxa. 3907(1). pp: 001-188
Kilburn, R.N (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1). pp: 239-337
Nakayama, T. (2003). A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6. pp: 50
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Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). pp: 537. Fig. 1246.