Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Epitonium multicostatum
Espiral costillas angostas, Snail
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
- 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.