Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records
Author
Huang, Chih-Wei
Author
Lee, Yen-Chen
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
5653
5653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653
1314-2828--5653
Epitonium (Parviscala) pallidizonatum (Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
Description
White, small, elongated, costae of approximately 23 in number at the last whorl, with sharply spine at the shoulder, clearly spiral cords between costae, without umbilicus (Fig. 1c). Shell height 22.2mm.
Distribution
Occurs in the Pacific coast off Sagami Bay to Kii Peninsula at 100m deep. In Taiwan it was dredged at about 500m depth of NE Taiwan waters. This species is a new record from the Taiwan waters.
Records
Cinctiscala pallidizonatum
Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in
Kuroda et al. 1971
: pl. 63, figs 21.
Epitonium (Parviscala) pallidizonatum
Weil et al. 1999
: fig. 384;
Okutani 2000
: pl. 167, fig. 89;
Nakayama 2003
: pl. 13, figs 22-24.