Epitonium (Parviscala) tenuipicturatum Nakayama 2000

Huang, Chih-Wei & Lee, Yen-Chen, 2016, Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 5653-5653 : 5653

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scientific name

Epitonium (Parviscala) tenuipicturatum Nakayama 2000
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Epitonium (Parviscala) tenuipicturatum Nakayama 2000 View in CoL

Description

White, small, elongated, suture deep, costae of approximately 28-42 in number at the last whorl, thin, reflexed, with angulate at the suture, clearly spiral cords between costae, without umbilicus (Fig. 1d). Shell height about 15-20mm.

Distribution

It is found from Boso Peninsula to Kii Peninsula, Japan. It was dredged at about 100m depth of NE Taiwan waters. This species is a new record from the Taiwan waters.

Records

Epitonium (Parviscala) tenuipicturatum Nakayama 2000: figs 19-20; Nakayama 2003: pl. 13, figs 25-29.