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CAAB Code:	24 191080 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Epitonium heloris (Iredale, 1936)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 191 Epitoniidae (wentletraps) - show full list
Common Name:	[a wentletrap]
Organism Type:	a wentletrap
Synonyms:	Epitonium (Parviscala) heloris Mazescala heloris Epitonium jousseaumei
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 191910 Epitonium spp.

Scientific Name Notes:

This species is considered a synonym of the New Caledonian species Epitonium jousseaumei by some authors, the group is in need of revision.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d0cca5e0-b483-49de-8963-793ab535cb64 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523893 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-06-20 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database.
Scientific Name verified against:	Brown, L.G., Neville, B.D., 2015. Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature., Zootaxa, Vol. 3907(1): 1-188.

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