Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Epitonium goniophorum

(Melvill & Standen, 1903)

Description:

Dimensions range from 5.15 mm - 5.15 mm high and 2 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.39:1 ~ 0.39:1

Shell: elegantly fusiform; delicate; minute. Exterior colour whitish. About 8 whorls; protoconch with ~3 whorls sub-hyaline, grayish-white; teleoconch with ~5 whorls ventricose, smooth. Suture deeply excavated. Approximately 10 costae on the body whorl. Costae hooked-angular above the middle. Aperture round.

Distribution:

Gulf of Oman

Habitat:

285 m

Etymology:

[greek] from Yonióphros = angled

Type Material:

syntypes & possible syntypes: NHMUK 1903.12.15.13-14 & 1981207 [as Scala goniophora Melvill & Standen, 1903:] - Type Locality: Gulf of Oman, 24° 58' N, 56° 54;' E, 156 fms [= 285 m].. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]

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Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R (1903). Plate VII. Fig. 7.

Scala goniophora sp.n. (Pl. VII., fig. 7).

Distribution

as listed in source literature

Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R (1903).

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Plate VII. Fig. 7.

Scala goniophora sp.n. (Pl. VII., fig. 7).

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pp: 344.

Kaicher, S.D. (1981).

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Card #: EP2-3061.

Card #: EP2-3061

Synonymy:

Scala goniophora Melvill & Standen, 1903: [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]
Kaicher, S.D. (1981). Epitoniidae II [Pack 30]. S. D. Kaicher, St. Petersburg, Florida. http://www.femorale.com/kaicher/species.asp?f=Epitoniidae&c=125 [Accessed 8 May 2023]
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R (1903). The genus Scala (Klein) Humphrey, as represented in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, with descriptions of new species.. Journal of Conchology. 10. Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650162 [Accessed 26 February 2025]
Weil, A., Brown, L. & Neville, B. (1999). The Wentletrap Book. Evolver
WoRMS Editorial Board (2025). World Register of Marine Species. https://www.marinespecies.org [Accessed 8 November 2025]

WoRMS direct page link: Open WoRMS record