Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Angulate Wentletrap
Description
Family Epitoniidae
Sculpture limited to axial ribs (except for a single spiral ridge near the base of the body whorl).
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
By far the most common wentletrap on our beaches. Most of the perceived variability in this species is the result of allometric growth. Plump juveniles grow into slender adults . The dying snail may secrete a beautiful lavender stain onto its shell as a final signature.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 359 meters (1,177 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
()
- J.E. Gray, 1853
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
()
- S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812)
- Family:
Epitoniidae
()
- S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812)
- Wentletraps
- Genus:
Epitonium
()
- P.F. Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
angulatum
- (Say, 1831)
- Scientific name: - Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1831)
- Specific name:
angulatum
- (Say, 1831)
- Genus:
Epitonium
(
- Family:
Epitoniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Epitonium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. albidum (Bladed Wentletrap) · E. angulatum (Angulate Wentletrap) · E. apiculatum (Semismooth Wentletrap) · E. babylonia (Tower Wentletrap) · E. babylonium (Tamiraparani Barb) · E. denticulatum (Tooth-Rib Wentletrap) · E. echinaticosta (Wide-Coil Wentletrap) · E. foliaceicosta (Wrinkle-Rib Wentletrap) · E. fractum (Humble Wentletrap) · E. greenlandicum (Greenland Wentletrap) · E. indianorum (Money Wentletrap) · E. lamellosum (Lamellose Wentletrap) · E. multistriatum (Many-Ribbed Wentletrap) · E. novangliae (New England Wentletrap) · E. occidentale (Fine-Ribbed Wentletrap) · E. rupicola (Brown-Band Wentletrap) · E. rushii (Frosted Wentletrap) · E. sericifilum (Silky Wentletrap) · E. striatissimum (Frosted Wentletrap) · E. unifasciatum (One-Band Wentletrap)
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Further Reading
- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url p. 164.
- Breviora. 1967 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 23.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 100, p. 469, p. 59.
- Catalog of Mollusca of South Carolina / by William Gaillard Mazÿck. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1913. url p. 12.
- East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 83.
- East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 83.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 103.
- Fauna of New England: 13. List of the mollusca / by Charles W. Johnson. Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1915. url p. 103.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 194, p. 195, p. 304, p. 472.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , , , p. 1, p. 10, p. 103, p. 109, p. 18, p. 19, p. 2, p. 21, p. 23, p. 26, p. 27, p. 29, p. 32, p. 34, p. 39, p. 39, p. 4, p. 43, p. 45, p. 45, p. 48, p. 5, p. 54, p. 56, p. 6, p. 60, p. 61, p. 61, p. 64, p. 78, p. 78, p. 78, p. 79, p. 79, p. 82, p. 9.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 55, p. 55.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, REVIZEE Score Sul / Bentos
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684436
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72252
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13731417
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72252
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507326
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 1,268.410 based on 43 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
