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  I 
  V. 
  SUPERFAI 
  IILY 
  EPITONIACBA 
  

  

  (Gr, 
  epitonos, 
  stretched, 
  strained, 
  Coininon 
  name: 
  Wentletraps 
  or 
  Stair- 
  

   case 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  Pamily 
  Epitoniidae 
  . 
  ( 
  Same 
  etymology 
  as 
  ahove 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  ^ 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Epi 
  to 
  n 
  i 
  ura_R6 
  - 
  

   din,-^ 
  1798.(0?. 
  stret- 
  

   ched, 
  strained. 
  

   Neuter, 
  ) 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  and 
  

  

  Epito 
  niu 
  m 
  echinaticostum 
  Or"bigny 
  (Gr. 
  

   Lat, 
  echinus, 
  a 
  hedgehog; 
  echinatus, 
  

   spiny 
  -j-costa, 
  rih; 
  the 
  costae 
  are 
  spiny 
  

   Epiton 
  i 
  um 
  duhkerianum 
  Pall 
  (named 
  for 
  

  

  T/ilhelm 
  Dunker, 
  a 
  German 
  naturalist) 
  & 
  

   Epitonium 
  blandi 
  Morch 
  (named 
  for 
  Thomas 
  

   Bland, 
  an 
  English 
  naturalist, 
  1809-1885) 
  

   are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  E, 
  echinaticostum, 
  accor- 
  

   ding 
  to 
  Johnsonia.) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  albi 
  d 
  um 
  Orbigny 
  (whitish; 
  color 
  

   a 
  shiny 
  v/hite; 
  sometimes 
  yellowish 
  hrowri 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  angula 
  t 
  um 
  Say 
  (angled; 
  at 
  the 
  

   whorl 
  shoulder 
  costae 
  form 
  an 
  angle. 
  Epi- 
  

   tonium 
  turbinatum 
  C 
  o 
  nrad 
  (turbinate) 
  is 
  

   the^same 
  . 
  ") 
  

  

  Epit 
  onium 
  apiculatum 
  Pall 
  (pointed; 
  vari- 
  

   ces 
  erect. 
  ) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  "ba 
  bylo 
  n 
  ium 
  P 
  all 
  ( 
  B 
  aby 
  Ionian.) 
  

  

  Ep 
  itoni 
  um 
  candeanum 
  Orbi 
  gny 
  (named 
  for 
  

   Ferdinand 
  de 
  Cande, 
  a 
  French 
  naval 
  offi- 
  

   cer 
  who 
  collected 
  shells 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  

   Indies, 
  ) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  centi 
  q 
  uadrum 
  Morch 
  ( 
  Lat 
  , 
  c 
  e 
  n 
  turn 
  , 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  -;- 
  quadrum, 
  quadra, 
  squares. 
  

   Eine 
  and 
  square 
  network.) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  clathr 
  a 
  tulum 
  3ov/erby 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  c 
  1 
  a- 
  

   thra, 
  a 
  trellis.] 
  

  

  Epit 
  oniu 
  m 
  dallianum 
  Verrill 
  & 
  Sm 
  ith 
  ( 
  na- 
  

   med 
  for 
  'Tilliam 
  H. 
  Pall, 
  an 
  eminent 
  A- 
  

   merican 
  raalacologist, 
  1845-1927.) 
  

  

  Ep 
  itonium 
  dent 
  icul 
  atu 
  m 
  S 
  ov/erby; 
  (toothed; 
  

   each 
  varix 
  has 
  a 
  tooth- 
  like 
  angle.) 
  | 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  eburneuan 
  Potiez 
  & 
  M 
  ichaud 
  ( 
  i 
  - 
  

   vory; 
  species 
  not 
  well 
  defined 
  according 
  

   to 
  W.J. 
  Clench 
  and 
  Ruth 
  P.Turner 
  in 
  John- 
  

   sonia; 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  dropped 
  from 
  the 
  

   list 
  of 
  Western 
  Atlantic 
  species.) 
  

  

  Epitoniu 
  m 
  f 
  oliaceic 
  ostum 
  _Orbigny 
  ( 
  Lat 
  . 
  

   foliaceus, 
  from 
  folium, 
  leaf, 
  leaflike 
  

   -«-costa, 
  rib; 
  ribs 
  are 
  fairly 
  high, 
  fori 
  

   ming 
  like 
  leaves, 
  E 
  pito 
  n 
  ium 
  nov 
  emcost 
  a- 
  

   i 
  turn 
  Mo 
  rch 
  (with 
  nine 
  costaey~is 
  the 
  

   I 
  s 
  ame 
  , 
  J 
  

  

  I 
  Epi 
  to 
  nium 
  fractum 
  Pall 
  (broken; 
  shell 
  de- 
  

   collate; 
  suture 
  deep.) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  fr 
  ielei 
  Pall 
  (named 
  for 
  Herman 
  

   Eriele 
  of 
  Eergen, 
  For^^/ay.) 
  

  

  Epiton 
  ium 
  hum 
  phrey 
  s 
  i 
  Ki 
  e 
  ner 
  ( 
  Humphreys 
  • 
  ) 
  

  

  Epitonium 
  k 
  rebsi 
  M 
  orch 
  ("named 
  for 
  Henx'y 
  

   Krebs 
  of 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  West 
  Indies.) 
  

  

  Epito 
  n 
  ium 
  contor 
  q 
  uatum 
  Pal 
  l 
  (twisted; 
  

   globose 
  turbinate; 
  is 
  according 
  to 
  John- 
  

  

  