Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Epitonium multicostatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)

Espiral costillas angostas, Snail

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda

Superfamily
Epitonioidea

Family
Epitoniidae

Genus
Epitonium

Species
multicostatum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Asperiscala cedrosensis (E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926), Epitonium (Sodaliscala) multicostatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844), Epitonium cedrosense E. K. Jordan & Hertlein, 1926, Epitonium clarki T. Oldroyd, 1921, Epitonium dallasi Grant & Gale, 1931, Epitonium dautzenbergi (Jousseaume, 1912), Epitonium durbanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906), Epitonium nesioticum Dall & Ochsner, 1928, Epitonium onchodes Dall, 1917, Epitonium pacis Dall, 1917, Firmiscala multicostata (G. B. Sowerby, 1844), Limiscala dautzenbergi Jousseaume, 1912, Scala durbanensis E. A. Smith, 1906, Scalaria multicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Epitonium multicostatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20126. Accessed 5 November 2026.