Epitonium (Parviscala) beachportensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)

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) beachportensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
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Epitonium (Parviscala) beachportensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) View in CoL

Description

Tiny, white, costae about 16-18 in number, that are continuous from whorl to whorl, with a peaked angle below the suture (Fig. 2c). Interspaces between the costae sculpture with fine spiral threads, without umbilicus. Shell height 5-9mm.

Distribution

The species has been taken off South Australia. In Taiwan, one dead specimen was collected from the beach of Lu-tao Island. This species is a new record from the East Asian region.

Records

Scala (Mazescala) beachportensis Cotton and Godfrey 1938: pl. 17, figs 5.

Epitonium beachportensis Kaicher 1981: No. 3057.

Epitonium (Parviscala) beachportense Weil et al. 1999: p.134.