page_title: Epitonium
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Epitonium / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Epitonium hexagonum Sowerby II, 1844; a wentletrap from the family Epitoniidae; Panama
context_page_description: Epitonium is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Epitonium is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
  The common name wentletraps is derived from the Dutch word wenteltrap, denoting a spiral staircase. This refers to the striking form and sculpture of the shells of the mollusks in this genus, and to a lesser extent, the whole family.
  The genus Epitonium has been divided in the past by some authors into several subgenera, but these subgenera were based only on shell characters and did not reflect the true underlying relationships or phylogeny.
context_section_description: Species within the genus Epitonium include:
  Note: Some malacologists have recently placed many of the more than 600 named species into other genera, which were previously considered to be subgenera of the genus Epitonium. On the other hand, many species that belonged to subgenera of Epitonium are now included in Epitonium. These subgenera were based on details of the shell sculpture and  not on molecular analysis.
  Epitonium abyssicola (Schepman, 1909)
  Epitonium acanthopleurum (Verco, 1906)
  Epitonium acapulcanum Dall, 1917
  Epitonium actinariophilum (Masahito & Habe 1976)
  Epitonium aculeatum  (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium adjunctum
  Epitonium aequale (Thiele, 1925)
  Epitonium agitabile (Jousseaume, 1912)
  Epitonium alabiforme Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium alata Sowerby
  Epitonium albidum (d'Orbigny, 1842) - bladed wentletrap
  Epitonium albolineatum (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium algerianum (Weinkauff, 1866)
  Epitonium alizonum (Melvill, 1912)
  Epitonium amathusium (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  Epitonium amica
  Epitonium amiculum Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium amplexus Nakayama, 2003
  Epitonium anabathmos Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium ancillotoi Cossignani T. & Cossignani V., 1998
  Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1830) - angulate wentletrap
  Epitonium angulicinctum (de Boury, 1913)
  Epitonium antisoa (Iredale, 1936)
  Epitonium apiculatum (Dall, 1889) - semismooth wentletrap
  Epitonium arcanum DuShane, 1979
  Epitonium artimi (Jousseaume, 1912)
  Epitonium atomus (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  Epitonium attenuatum (Sowerby, J. de C., 1874)
  Epitonium audouini (Jousseaume, 1894)
  Epitonium aureomaculatum (Masahito & Habe, 1973)
  Epitonium auritum (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium austrocaledonicum (Montrouzier, 1859)
  Epitonium avalites (Jousseaume, 1912)
  Epitonium babylonium (Dall, 1889) - tower wentletrap
  Epitonium barissum (Iredale, 1936)
  Epitonium beachportense (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
  Epitonium bellastriatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  Epitonium bellicosum Hedley, 1907
  Epitonium bengalense (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  Epitonium bevdeynzerae Garcia E., 2001
  Epitonium blainei Clench & Turner, 1953
  Epitonium bonaespei (Barnard, 1963)
  Epitonium bouryi (Jousseaume, 1894)
  Epitonium brachyspeira Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium brevissimum (Seguenza, 1876)
  Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924
  Epitonium bulbulum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  Epitonium bullatum (Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium caamanoi Dall & Bartsch, 1910
  Epitonium calideum (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  Epitonium californicum Dall, 1917
  Epitonium callipeplum Dall, 1919
  Epitonium candeanum (d’Orbigny, 1842)
  Epitonium candidissimum (Monterosato, 1877)
  Epitonium canna Dall, 1919
  Epitonium cantrainei (Weinkauff, 1866)
  Epitonium carchedon (Iredale, 1936)
  Epitonium castum (A. Adams, 1873)
  Epitonium catalinae Dall, 1908
  Epitonium catalinense Dall, 1917
  Epitonium catanuense (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium celesti (Aradas, 1854)
  Epitonium cerdantum (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  Epitonium championi Clench & Turner, 1952
  Epitonium chiarae Bozzetti, 2007
  Epitonium chinglinae Lee & Wu, 1998
   Epitonium christiani Bozzetti, 2008
  Epitonium christyi (Iredale, 1936)
  Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher, 1798)
  Epitonium clathrum Linnaeus, 1758 - common wentletrap
  Epitonium clementinum Grateloup, J.P.S. de, 1840
  Epitonium climacotum Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium columba Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium columnella Dall, 1917
  Epitonium commodum (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  Epitonium commutatum Monterosato, 1877
  Epitonium conjunctum (Yokoyama, 1922)
  Epitonium connexum (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  Epitonium continens (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  Epitonium cookeanum Dall, 1917
  Epitonium cophinodes (Melvill, 1904)
  Epitonium coretum (Iredale, 1936)
  Epitonium coronatum Lamarck
  Epitonium coutieri*  (Jousseaume, 1912)
  Epitonium couturieri (de Boury, 1912)
  Epitonium crassicostatum Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005
  Epitonium crassilabrum
  Epitonium crassum (G. B. Sowerby, 1847)
  Epitonium creberrimum (Hinds, 1843)
  Epitonium crebricostatum Carpenter, 1864
  Epitonium crispatum (Pease, 1863)
  Epitonium crypticorona Kilburn, 1985
  Epitonium cultellicostum (de Boury, 1913)
  Epitonium cumingii (Carpenter, 1856)
  Epitonium curvilineatum (G. B. Sowerby, 1
caption: Epitonium hexagonum
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