Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Epitoniidae

Epitonium minorum

(Iredale, 1936)
Shell: slender, elongate, light, minute to small, ranging from 5-18 mm. Spire high, about 75% of shell height. Whorls convex, separated, joined only by costae. Umbilicus maybe closed or open, fenestrate, concealed by costae. Sculpture: 6-9 costae per whorl with each costa being low, rather flattened, rolled back, aligned between whorls; . Aperture oval. Exterior colour shining white,.


Specimens

Shelly Beach, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 5.9mm    Collected: 2018
In sand and shell grit on beach. Dead collected.

Yeppoon, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 18mm    Collected: Unknown
Dead on beach in sand.

Buchan Point, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 11.12mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Yeppoon, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 10.8mm    Collected: 1963
No data.

Yeppoon, Queensland,  Australia
Size: 11.68mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from beach drift by hand [beach collected] at low tide. Collected by Annette Whitney