Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Epitoniidae

Epitonium jukesianum

(Forbes, 1852)
Shell: slender, acuminate, small, ranging from 13-18 mm. Whorls convex, connected. Suture deeply impressed. Sculpture: 14-22 costae per whorl with each costa being thin and sharp, slightly hooked below the suture; . Aperture oval. Exterior colour smooth, shiny, white to off-white.


Specimens

North Headland, New South Wales,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 1989
Collected from sand, rock. Collected by Unknown collector 1/6/1989

Broulee, New South Wales,  Australia
Size: 13.73mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected by beach collected.

Edithburgh, South Australia,  Australia
Size: 15.87mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from in beach drift by hand [low tide] at extreme low tide. Collected by Hugh Morrison

Cleaverville, Western Australia,  Australia
Size: 18.9mm    Collected: Unknown
Intertidal