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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> jukesianum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acutiscala ampacta Iredale, 1936
=Acutiscala fabia Iredale, 1936
=Clathrus fabia (Iredale, 1936)
=Clathrus wellingtonensis (T.W. Kirk, 1880)
=Epitonium (Hyaloscala) jukesianum (Forbes, 1852) accepted, alternate representation
=Epitonium ampactum (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium delicatulum (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
=Epitonium fabia (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium wellingtonensis (T.W. Kirk, 1880)
=Scalaria delicatula Crosse & Fischer, 1864
=Scalaria jukesiana Forbes, 1852
=Scalaria wellingtonensis T.W. Kirk, 1880
Images: Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)
In beach drift, Uretiti Beach, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 11mm
In beach drift, Uretiti Beach, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. Showing smooth areas in between varices. 11mm
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> jukesianum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acutiscala ampacta Iredale, 1936
=Acutiscala fabia Iredale, 1936
=Clathrus fabia (Iredale, 1936)
=Clathrus wellingtonensis (T.W. Kirk, 1880)
=Epitonium (Hyaloscala) jukesianum (Forbes, 1852) accepted, alternate representation
=Epitonium ampactum (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium delicatulum (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
=Epitonium fabia (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium wellingtonensis (T.W. Kirk, 1880)
=Scalaria delicatula Crosse & Fischer, 1864
=Scalaria jukesiana Forbes, 1852
=Scalaria wellingtonensis T.W. Kirk, 1880
Details: Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
North Island to Cook Strait. Also Tasmania and from New South Wales to Western Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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