Epitonium (Hirtoscala) fauroti (Jousseaume 1911)

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 (Hirtoscala) fauroti (Jousseaume 1911)
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Epitonium (Hirtoscala) fauroti (Jousseaume 1911) View in CoL

Description

White, tiny, axial costae strong and incurved, usually 11-12 in number, slightly elevated at the suture to form an angle, interval smooth (Fig. 2b). Umbilicus closed. Shell height about 3mm.

Distribution

The specimen was collected from the Red Sea. In Taiwan, one was found on the beach at Lu-tao Island in 1995. This species is a new record from the East Asian region.

Records

Turbiniscala fauroti Jousseaume 1911: pl. 6, fig. 33-36, 42; pl. 7, figs 50-52.

Epitonium fauroti Kaicher 1981: No. 3111.

Epitonium (Hirtoscala) fauroti Weil et al. 1999: fig. 200.