Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Epitoniidae

Gyroscala commutata

(Monterosato, 1877)
Shell: small to large, thin, solid, conical, ranging from 8-34 mm. Without umbilicus. Sculpture: smooth and weakly shiny between the costae; base rounded, smooth with axial ridges and a single, prominent spiral ridge forming the basal disc; 7-13 costae per whorl with each costa being high, blade or cord like, crossing the suture, continuous from whorl to whorl. Aperture subovate. Exterior colour white, polished, white, with a brownish narrow band in front of the suture when fresh, costae white.


Specimens

Coolum Beach, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 21mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected by hand [beach collected] at after a storm.

Flat Rock, Queensland,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 1999
Collected from rocky reef at 15 m by scuba diver. Collected by Unknown collector 27/3/1999

Amity Point, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 21mm    Collected: 1997
Collected at 2 m by scuba diver. Collected by Robert Ellis 16/11/1997
note spiral rib on base
King Reef, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 23mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Broulee, New South Wales,  Australia
Size: 8.99mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected by beach collected.

Wooli, New South Wales,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 1989
Collected from rock. Collected by Unknown collector 1/8/1989

Exmouth, Western Australia,  Australia
Size: 25.8mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from Sand at 8-10 m.

Long Reef, New South Wales,  Australia
Size: 22.66mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Kilcarnup, Western Australia,  Australia
Size: 14.14mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Japan,  Japan
Size: 34.83mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Mauritius,  Mauritius
Size: 14.05mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Palau,  Palau
Size: 27mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Unspecified Location,  Philippines
Size: 22.93mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

The Gambia,  The Gambia
Size: 25.1mm    Collected: Unknown
Trawled at 10-20 m.

Ala Moana Reef, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 19.4mm    Collected: 1968
No data. Collected by Unknown collector 1968

California,  United States Of America
Size: 14.59mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Kaaawa Reef, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 25.77mm    Collected: 1965
No data. Collected by Evelyn Gage June 1965

Kaaawa Reef, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 20.72mm    Collected: 1965
No data. Collected by Evelyn Gage June 1965

Kehei Beach, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 17.36mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Oahu, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 12.86mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Oahu, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 19.33mm    Collected: 1969
No data.

Portlock, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 13.37mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Portlock, Hawaii,  United States Of America
Size: 17.13mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from on algae.

Quiberon Bay,  France
Size: 26.4mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Libya- General,  Libya
Size: 19.16mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Canary Islands,  Spain
Size: 27mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.