Epitonium (Parviscala) yamakawai (Yokoyama 1922)

Huang, Chih-Wei & Lee, Yen-Chen, 2016, Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 5653-5653 : 5653

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scientific name

Epitonium (Parviscala) yamakawai (Yokoyama 1922)
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Epitonium (Parviscala) yamakawai (Yokoyama 1922) View in CoL

Description

Tiny, white, suture deep, surface with about 13-14 incurved costae that are slightly winged at the shoulder, space between costae with clearly spiral cords, umbilicus closed (Fig. 1e). Shell height about 3-5mm.

Distribution

It is found from Sagami Bay to Tosa Bat, Japan. In Taiwan, it was collected from the beach of Ho-Mei, Taipei County. This species is a new record from the Taiwan waters.

Records

Scalaria yamakawai Yokoyama 1922: pl 4, fig. 17.

Epitonium (Cinctiscala) yamakawai Oyama 1973: pl. 6, fig. 18.

Cinctiscala yamakawai Higo et al. 1999: G1919.

Epitonium (Parviscala) yamakawai Okutani 2000: pl. 167, fig. 93; Nakayama 2003: pl. 14, figs 1-2.