Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Epitonium

Epitonium algerianum (Weinkauff, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epitonium*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Cyclostoma*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Epitonium (Clathrus)*		synonym
*Parviscala*	de Boury, 1887	synonym
*Scala*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Scalaria*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Species group names

*Scalaria algeriana*	Weinkauff, 1866	synonym

Literature

original description	Weinkauff H. C. (1866). Nouveau supplément au catalogue des coquilles marines recueillies sur les côtes de l'Algérie. Journal de Conchyliologie 14: 227-248
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Epitonium algerianum (Weinkauff, 1866). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139715