Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Surrepifungium ingridae

(A. Gittenberger & Goud, 2000)

Description:

Dimensions range from 20.8 mm - 30 mm high.
Width to height ratio: 00:1 ~ 00:1

Shell: vary between broad and relatively slender conical; thin, very fragile; moderately small. Exterior colour creamy white. About 13 whorls; body whorl large, almost half the height of the shell; protoconch with 2.7-3 whorls smooth apex, remainder sculptured with regularly spaced, very fine, incised, axial lines; teleoconch with ~10 whorls separated by deep suture.. Umbilicate: narrow but distinctly perforated, partly covered by the incurved columellar. Approximately 13 - 31 costae on the body whorl. Costae are surface sculptured with densely lamella, evenly spaced, orthocline, thin, lamellate costae. Costae mostly continuous, but hardly touching each other; extended at the suture. Intercostal spaces with numerous very fine spiral threads. Aperture subcircular. Operculum paucispiral, with interconnected coils.

Distribution:

Taiwan [Huang & Lee, 2016:5]; west of the Malaysian Peninsula; Indonesia, Palau [Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005:140]; Queensland, Australia [Gittenberger et al., 2000:97]

Habitat:

at 7 m [Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005:140] to 50m [Huang & Lee, 2016:5]. Coral hosts were Fungia concinna Verrill, 1864, F. fungites, Heliofungia actiniformis, Herpolitha limax and Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801 [Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005:140]

Etymology:

This species is named after Ms. Ingrid van der Loo, Leiden

Type Material:

Holotype NNM 59088, from type locality. [Paratypes: NNM 59089/1, Indonesia, Sulawesi, off Ujung Pandang, W. Kudingareng Keke, 12 m; NNM 59090/2, 59092/1, E. Samalona, 9 m; NNM 59091/1, 24 m; NNM 59093/1, Bone Tambung, 7 m] for Surrepifungium ingridae (A. Gittenberger & Goud, 2000) - Type Locality: Holotype: Indonesia, Sulawesi, off Ujung Pandang, ESE. Kudingareng Keke, 15 m.. [Gittenberger, A., Goud & Gittenberger, E., 2000]

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Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2005). pp: 139. Fig. 41.

S. ingridae, Palau.

Distribution

as listed in source literature

Gittenberger, A., Goud & Gittenberger, E. (2000).

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pp: 96. Fig. 7-8.

7-8, E. ingridae new species, holotype, NNM 59088, length 2.0 cm; 9-10

Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2005).

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pp: 139. Fig. 41.

S. ingridae, Palau.

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pp: 139. Fig. 40.

S. ingridae, Palau.

Huang, C. W. & Lee, Y.C. (2016).

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pp: 5.

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]
Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2005). A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia).. Contributions to Zoology. 74(1-2). Contributions to Zoology. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43091 [Accessed 16 July 2023]
Gittenberger A. & Hoeksema, B (2013). Habitat preferences of coral-associated wentletrap snails (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Contributions to Zoology. 82(1)
Gittenberger, A., Goud & Gittenberger, E. (2000). Epitonium (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of four new species.. The Nautilus. 114(1). The Nautilus. http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/128726.pdf [Accessed 8 March 2025]
Huang, C. W. & Lee, Y.C. (2016). Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records. Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. doi: 10.3897/ BDJ.4.e5653 [Accessed 25 August 2023]
WoRMS Editorial Board (2025). World Register of Marine Species. https://www.marinespecies.org [Accessed 8 November 2025]

WoRMS direct page link: Open WoRMS record