Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae

Gyroscala de Boury, 1887

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epitonium (Gyroscala)*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scala (Gyroscala)*	de Boury, 1887	synonym

Children

Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ネジガイ属

Literature

original description	Boury, E. de. (1887). Description de Scalidae nouveaux des couches Éocènes du Bassin de Paris, et révision de quelques espèces mal connues. Published by the author, Théméricourt, pp. 1-56.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gyroscala de Boury, 1887. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137945