E. F. Garcia 
Two new species of Epitonium 
Acknowledgements 
My spécial thanks to Dr. Harry G. Lee, of 
Jacksonville Florida, for the loan of much of the 
material used for this study, as well as for the donation 
of the holotype and several paratypes of Epitonium 
leali. The specimens of E. leali were eollected by the 
late Barbara Barfield, Southport, Florida. I am very 
grateful to Dr. José H. Leal, Director of the Bailey- 
Matthews Shell Muséum and Editor of The Nautilus, 
for giving me access to the type material of E. 
championi and for the loan of specimens front the 
Muséum; and very much appreciate the efforts of Tina 
Petway, Lucy Clampit and Eydie Rojas for rnaking 
available specimens housed at the Houston Muséum 
of Natural Science. Part of the material for this study 
is based upon work supported by the National Science 
Foundation under Grant No. 0315995. 
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TABLES 
Abbreviations: H: Holotype; P: Paratype; BT. Big Talbot L, NE Florida; Ft.G.: Fort Geroge, NE Florida; HB: 
Healds Bank, Texas; ID: Isles Derniers, Louisiana; JX: Jacksonville Beach, NE Florida; NJ: Stone Harbor, 
New Jersey; PA: Port Aransas, Texas; PR: Isla Verde, N. Puerto Rico; SI: Sanibel Island, W Florida; SJB: St. 
Joe Bay, NW Florida; SL Pass: San Luis Pass, Galveston, Texas. 
- Juvénile specimens were not included in the tables below. 
TABLE I. Epitonium championi Clench & Turner, 1952 
Specimen 
Number of 
whorls 
Length in 
mm 
Width in 
mm 
W/L 
ratio 
Number of 
early axial 
costae 
Number of axial 
costae last 
whorl 
H Figs 1-5 
7 
11.5 
4.6 
0.40 
14 
9 
P Fig, 7 
7 
9.2 
3.6 
0.39 
16 
11 
BT 
7.5 
10 
3.8 
0.38 
16 
10 
BT Fig. 11 
7 
7.7 
3.2 
0.42 
16 
10 
BT 
6 
7.5 
3.5 
0.47 
16 
9 
BT 
6 
7.1 
3.1 
0.44 
18 
9 
BT Fig. 10 
6 
8.4 
3.5 
0.42 
17 
10 
BT 
7.5 
8.8 
3.8 
0.43 
16 
10 
Ft.G. 
6 
5.7 
2.2 
0.39 
18 
11 
N,J. Fig. 9 
8 
17 
5 
0.29 
16 
9 
Average 
0.40 
16 
10 
106 
