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Epitonium - wentletraps

Epitonium clathrus - © Sarah Longrigg
Epitonium clathrus - © Sarah Longrigg
Epitonium clathrus - © Sarah Longrigg
Swansea. 17mm tall Swansea. 20mm tall Borgue, Galloway. 24mm tall
Epitonium clathrus


Epitonium turtonis - © Sarah Longrigg
Epitonium turtonis
Stevenston, Clyde Coast. 22mm tall



Epitonium trevelyanum? - © Sarah Longrigg
Epitonium trevelyanum? - © Sarah Longrigg
Epitonium trevelyanum
Note the large number of costae and the spurs.
The shell on the right is minus its bottom whorl

Isle of Eigg

Fragment measures 6 x 5mm and shell measures 11mm
Epitonium trevelyanum - © Sarah Longrigg



microshell 150
Epitonium clathratulum
Cornwall, 3.2mm tall