Epitonium (Asperiscala?) Oliverioi, a New Species of Epitoniidae (Gastropoda) From Madagascar.

Bonfitto, Antonio; Sabelli, Bruno

doi:10.1093/mollus/67.3.269

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“…Although an epitoniid operculum can have a microsculpture on both its inside (fi gs 4-5) and outside (fi gs 3, 132-151), not enough material was available to study both sides for all species. We concentrated on the outside, because it has turned out to be speciesspecifi c for at least some epitoniids (Bonfi tto and Sabelli, 2001;. On all SEM photographs (fi gs 132-151) the growth lines, which are clearly seen in e.g.…”

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“…nov., E. ulu (Pilsbry, 1921), Surrepifungium costulatum (Kiener, 1838), S. ingridae (A. Gittenberger and Goud, 2000), S. oliverioi (Bonfi tto and Sabelli, 2001) and S. patamakanthini spec. nov., and 7 species that are associated with Actiniaria in the eastern Atlantic, i.e.…”

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“…Scala costulatum Kiener, 1838; Surrepifungium patamakanthini spec. nov.; Epitonium oliverioi Bonfi tto and Sabelli, 2001. Shell (table 1). Initial teleoconch whorls with multiple, lamellate costae, which are either fused to form broader ribs, as in Surrepifungium ingridae and S. patamakanthini spec.…”

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A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia)

Gittenberger

2005

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Twenty-two epitoniid species that live associated with various hard coral species are described. Three genera, viz. Epidendrium gen. nov., Epifungium gen. nov., and Surrepifungium gen. nov., and ten species are introduced as new to science, viz. Epidendrium aureum spec. nov., E. sordidum spec. nov., Epifungium adgranulosa spec. nov., E. adgravis spec. nov., E. adscabra spec. nov., E. marki spec. nov., E. nielsi spec. nov., E. pseudolochi spec. nov., E. pseudotwilae spec. nov., Surrepifungium patamakanthini spec. nov., and ‘Epitonium’ crassicostatum spec. nov. and ‘E.’ graviarmatum spec. nov. Although their identities as separate gene pools are convincingly demonstrated by molecular data, some of these species cannot be identified unequivocally on the basis of conchological characters alone. The shell shape and sculpture are only partially diagnostic because of interspecifically overlapping character states. In most of these cases, the operculum, jaw structure, radula, spawn and/or the habitat do reveal the identity. Most of these species are associated with only one or a restricted number of coral host species and have large ranges, similar to those of their hosts.

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A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia)

Gittenberger

2005

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“…About 1.5% of all examined mushroom corals (n=60,000) appeared infested by epitoniids that belonged to the following 20 species (see Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005): Surrepifungium costulatum (Kiener, 1839); (n=103 infested hosts), S. ingridae (Gittenberger and Goud, 2000) (n=43), S. Oliverioi (Bonfitto and Sabelli, 2001) (n=10), S. patamakanthini Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=27), Epidendrium aureum Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=52), E. sordidum Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=22), Epifungium adgranulosa Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=20), E. adgravis Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=38), E. hoeksemai (Gittenberger and Goud, 2000) (n=34), E. lochi (Gittenberger and Goud, 2000) (n=36), E. nielsi Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=83), E. ulu Pilsbry, 1921 (n=191), E. adscabra Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=22), E. hartogi (Gittenberger, 2003) Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=4), E. pseudolochi Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=5), E. pseudotwilae Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=68), E. twilae (Gittenberger and Goud, 2000) (n=98), Epitonium crassicostatum Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=1), and E. graviarmatum Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005 (n=1). The 870 recorded infestations involved 1,657 snails, on average about two per coral while 283 (32.5%) of the hosts also had epitoniid spawns.…”

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Habitat preferences of coral-associated wentletrap snails (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)

Gittenberger

Hoeksema²

2013

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Examination of about 60,000 scleractinian corals of the families Dendrophylliidae, Euphylliidae and Fungiidae for the presence of associated wentletrap snails (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) revealed various ectoparasitic life history strategies. Twenty Indo-Pacific wentletrap species were found, which were either host-specific or generalist. Most species were associated with mushroom corals, especially free-living species belonging to the Fungiidae. Snails showed different preferences with regard to their position relative to mushroom corals, the host’s size and its substrate. No preferences for depth were found. Infestation rates of mushroom corals in multi-species assemblages were negatively correlated with coral densities, which indicates that epitoniid veliger larvae may actively look for preferential hosts. Indirect proof was found that burrowing shrimps remove any epitoniid that is on or underneath the mushroom coral under which they have their burrow. Fishes like wrasses and damselfishes were seen to eat the snails the moment their host corals were overturned, which suggests that the host corals may provide the snails with protection against predators.

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“…The radulae of E. dendrophylliae and E. billeeanum are rather different from those known of other epitoniids. 2,9,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] However, it must be emphasized that no complete descriptions of the teeth for different shell sizes were made.…”

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Epitonium dendrophylliae (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) feeding on Astroides calycularis (Anthozoa, Scleractinia)

Richter¹

2004

Journal Molluscan Studies

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Epitonium (Asperiscala?) Oliverioi, a New Species of Epitoniidae (Gastropoda) From Madagascar.

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia)

A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia)

Habitat preferences of coral-associated wentletrap snails (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)

Epitonium dendrophylliae (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) feeding on Astroides calycularis (Anthozoa, Scleractinia)

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