OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) couturieri (de Boury, 1912)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Scala (Scala) couturieri de Boury, 1912
Epitonium (Epitonium) couturieri de Boury, 1912
Distribution
"Because this species was described based on material from an unknwon habitat, we are uncertain whether it should be part of the Indo-Pacific fauna and we are placing it in this chapter with much uncertainty. (Weil1999)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
References
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. p.92, fig 273 General reference
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. p.92, fig. 273 Illustration of type specimen
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Epitonioidea
Epitoniidae
Epitonium Röding, 1798
Epitonium (Epitonium) Röding, 1798
Epitonium (Epitonium) couturieri (de Boury, 1912)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47857) created by Sarah Watson on 2001-07-12. Record last updated by juliannao on 2002-11-10.