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Epitonium humphreysii

Taxonomy

Scalaria humphreysii was named by Kiener (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium humphreysii by Richards (1962) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

E. atwoodi, E. cedrosensis, E. contrerasi, E. cookii, E. dallasi, E. foliaceicostum, E. humphreysi, E. imperiale, E. indianorum, E. leroyi, E. rugiferum, E. sculptatum, E. wyattdurhami, E. paytens, E. gabbi, E. novangliae, E. rushii, E. sericifilum, E. emydoneus, E. suboptima, E. charitopolos, E. foliaceicostatum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceiscostatum, E. replicata

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Synonyms

Scala sayana was named by Dall (1889). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Epitonium humphreysii by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1838	Scalaria humphreysii Kiener p. 15 figs. pl. 5, fig. 16
1889	Scala sayana Dall p. 308
1904	Scala sayana Martin p. 212
1962	Epitonium humphreysii Richards
2008	Epitonium humphreysii Hendy et al.

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