Epitonium (Epitonium) okezoko (Habe 1961)

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

Epitonium (Epitonium) okezoko (Habe 1961)

Description

White, thin, pyramidal, teloconch rounded, suture perforated, with 14 thin erected costae which hooked at the shoulder, interspaces sculptured with thin spiral striae (Fig. 1b). Umbilicus opened. Shell height 30-40mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Ashizuri Cape, Tosa Bay, Japan. In Taiwan, it is dredged at 200 to 300m depth of Tong-kang waters, the Peng-hu Trench and the Gueishan Island. This species is a new record from the Taiwan waters.

Records

Cycloscala okezoko Habe 1961: pl. 14, fig. 31; Higo et al. 1999 and Higo et al. 2001: G1893.

Epitonium (Epitonium) okezoko Okutani 2000: pl. 164, fig. 61; Nakayama 2003: pl. 11, figs 4-6.