Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Epitonium tenue

Gray, 1827

Description:

Dimensions range from 10 mm - 10 mm high.
Width to height ratio: 00:1 ~ 00:1

Shell: conical; thin; small. Exterior colour whitish-brown, with a narrow central brown band. Umbilicate: narrow. Costae are thin erect, slightly raised. Aperture small, ovate, orbicular.

Brown & Neville (2015) state that, it is possible this species is Epitonium tenellum Hutton (1885)

Distribution:

Australia

Habitat:

not reported

Type Material:

Type not located [as Scalaria tenuis Gray, 1826:] - Type Locality: Australia. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]

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Gray, J. E. (1827). pp: 482.

Distribution

as listed in source literature

Gray, J. E. (1827).

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pp: 482.

Hutton, F.W. (1885).

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pp: 943.

Hutton's description of Scalaria tenella

Synonymy:

Scalaria tenuis Gray, 1826: [in Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015].

Source Literature:

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). Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [Accessed 22 October 2023]
Gray, J. E. (1827). Mollusca. Appendix, In. King P. P. (ed.) Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822.. 2. John Murray, London. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53741968 [Accessed 11 July 2025]
Hutton, F.W. (1885). Revision of the marine tænioglossate and ptenoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales. 9. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62489553 [Accessed 11 July 2025]
WoRMS Editorial Board (2025). World Register of Marine Species. https://www.marinespecies.org [Accessed 8 November 2025]

WoRMS direct page link: Open WoRMS record