Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Epitonium politum
espirales, Wentletraps
Height: 9 to 16 mm; diameter: 3.5 to 5 mm.
Thin, slender,polished, coastae nearly obsolete on body whorl,which is slightly andulate at the shoulder,worls rounded;outer lip thin.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
[unassigned] Caenogastropoda
Superfamily
Epitonioidea
Family
Epitoniidae
Genus
Epitonium
Species
politum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Depressiscala polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844), Epitonium appressicostatum Dall, 1917, Epitonium implicatum Dall & Ochsner, 1928, Epitonium pedroanum (Willet, 1932), Nitidiscala appressicostata (Dall, 1917), Nitidiscala pedroana (Willet, 1932, Nitidiscala polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844), Scalaria polita G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Pedro, California, to Ecuador including Galapagos islands.
- 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 politum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9237. Accessed 1 November 2026.