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Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Epitonium minutia

(Jousseaume, 1912)

Description:

Dimensions range from 1.2 mm - 1.2 mm high and .7 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.58:1 ~ 0.58:1

Shell: ventricosely conical shell; fairly solid; microscopic. Exterior colour white, slightly glossy. About 5 whorls. Spire Apex obtuse. Suture broad and deep. Umbilicate: narrow. Approximately 20 costae on the body whorl. Intercostal spaces spaces between the varices are about equal in width. Columella slightly deflected outward partially covering the umbilicus. Aperture rounded; peristome thick, thinner at the base of the penultimate whorl.


Distribution:

Aden


Habitat:

intertidal


Etymology:

[latin] from minutus = small, insignificant


Type Material:

Holotype: MNHN disintegrated for Epitonium minutia (Jousseaume, 1912) - Locality: Aden, intertidal.. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]


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Jousseaume, F. (1912). Plate VII. Fig. 45.

Minutiscala miuutia s[>. n.
IM. Vil, fig. 45.

Distribution

as listed in source literature

Jousseaume, F. (1912).
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Plate VII. Fig. 45.
Minutiscala miuutia s[>. n.
IM. Vil, fig. 45.
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pp: 227.
Minutiscala miuutia s[>. n.
IM. Vil, fig. 45.
Species Image
pp: 228.
Minutiscala miuutia s[>. n.
IM. Vil, fig. 45.

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]
Jousseaume, F. (1912). Faune malacologique de la Mer Rouge. Scalidae. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.. 24(3-4). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095979 [Accessed 1 March 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