Epitonium savignyi

Jousseaume, 1912

Description:

Dimensions range from 5 mm - 7 mm high and 3 mm - 3.3 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.6:1 ~ 0.47:1

Shell: ventricose-conical; solid; minute. Exterior colour smooth, white, and shiny. About 9 whorls, rounded, growing rapidly and regularly, disjointed, with each whorl supported by the ribs of the previous one.; protoconch with 1-2 whorls smooth; teleoconch with ~7 whorls. Imperforate. Costae forming obliquely running series. Columella columellar margin shaped by rib-like formations. Aperture obliquely oval; peristome thick and rounded, reinforced externally by the last rib.

Distribution:

Red Sea to Djibouti

Habitat:

not reported

Etymology:

named for J.C. Savigny., This curious species is dedicated as a modest tribute to the memory of the illustrious scholar from the Egyptian scientific expedition, who revived the monuments and natural history of Egypt through a monumental and magnificent atlas.

Type Material:

Syntypes: MNHN 4395 (syntypes). [as Turbiniscala savignyi Jousseaume, 1912] - Type Locality: Suez, Djeddah, Périm, Djibouti.. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]

Jousseaume, F. (1912). Plate VII. Fig. 49.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n.
Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

Distribution

as listed in source literature

Jousseaume, F. (1912).

Plate V. Fig. 50-53.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n.
Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

Plate VII. Fig. 49.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n.
Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

pp: 202-203.

Synonymy:

Turbiniscala savignyi Jousseaume, 1912 [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]
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

Epitonium savignyi

Jousseaume, 1912

Description:

Distribution:

Red Sea to Djibouti

Habitat:

not reported

Etymology:

named for J.C. Savigny., This curious species is dedicated as a modest tribute to the memory of the illustrious scholar from the Egyptian scientific expedition, who revived the monuments and natural history of Egypt through a monumental and magnificent atlas.

Type Material:

Syntypes: MNHN 4395 (syntypes). [as Turbiniscala savignyi Jousseaume, 1912] - Type Locality: Suez, Djeddah, Périm, Djibouti.. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]

Distribution

Jousseaume, F. (1912).

Plate V. Fig. 50-53.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n. Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

Plate VII. Fig. 49.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n. Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

pp: 202-203.

Synonymy:

Turbiniscala savignyi Jousseaume, 1912 [in Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015].

Source Literature:

WoRMS direct page link: Open WoRMS record

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n.
Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.

Turbiniscala savignyi, sp. n.
Pl. V, fig. 50-53; Pl. VII, fig. 49.