Epitonium (Sodaliscala) tryoni (de Boury, 1913)

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 (Sodaliscala) tryoni (de Boury, 1913)
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Description

Small, white, glossy, with 15-20 thin erect costae that are not peaked (Fig. 3a). With spiral cords between the costae. The whorls are convex and the suture is deep, but closed. The umbilicus is closed. The aperture is oval. Shell height is 3mm.

Distribution

Ranging from Iran to Pakistan to the Maldives. In Taiwan, only one dead specimen was found on the beach of Lu-tao Island. This species is a new record from the Indo-Pacific region.

Records

Scala tryoni de de Boury 1913: p.108.

Epitonium tryoni Kaicher 1981: No. 2379.