Epitonium kazusense
(Yokoyama, 1922)
Description:
Dimensions range from 9 mm - 20.5 mm high and 7.3 mm - 7.6 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.81:1 ~ 0.37:1
Shell: elongate, turriculate; small to moderately small. Exterior colour off white, cream. About 8 whorls, convex. Suture deep. Imperforate. Approximately 20 costae on the body whorl. Costae are rather thick, lamellar, straight, equal, rather thick, straight and equal. Intercostal spaces with fine, equal, distant spiral striae. Aperture roundly ovate, subcircular; peristome somewhat broad.
Distribution:
From Boso Peninsula to Sagami Bay, Tokyo Bay [Nakayama, 2003: 63].
Habitat:
30-100 m (Nakayama l2003).
Etymology:
Possibly in reference to 'Kazusa', an old province in Japan, now part of Chiba Prefecture, on Honshu. The holotype is from this area.
Yokoyama, M. (1922). Plate IV. Fig. 16.
Distribution
as listed in source literature
Type Material:
The following list brings together type material and other cited specimens as reported in the sources examined, grouped under the names and designations used in each source. The same specimen may appear in multiple entries drawn from different sources. Some entries concern other species included by authors for comparison; inclusion in this list does not imply synonymy.
Cinctiscala kazusensis Yokoyama, 1922Type designation not provided in text/ source documentShito, Ichihara ity, hiba prefecture, Japan. central Honshu (fossil). [Higo et al., 1999: G1920].
Epitonium (Parviscala) kazusense (Yokoyama, 1922)Type designation not provided in text/ source documentShito, Chiba, Japan. (fossil). [Nakayama, 2003: 63].
Scalaria kazusensis Yokoyama 1922Type lost [possibly]UMUT-CM. Shito, Japan. (fossil). [Brown & Neville, 2015: 91].
Yokoyama, M (1922).
Plate IV. Fig. 16.
