Art,

May be that NE specimens are related to
Epitonium dallianum  (Verrill & Smith, 1880)?
This differs from E. linctum by having more
numerous axial costae.
Into consideration also Epitonium clathratulum....
All the best
Riccardo



>Thank you, Riccardo;-
>    E. linctum and E. frondicula do appear to be close, I still have
>some doubts. Linctum is found off Southern Europe and in the Med.
>Frondicula appears to be found only off Northern European beaches.
>The costae of E.frondicula are much closer together than in Linctum.
>Shape of costae is identical. From my amatuer standpoint, they just
>plain don't look alike---but, like I said---close.
>     I will probably end up sending my examples to Len Brown for
>examination and comparison.
>     Art
>>
>>  From: Riccardo  Giannuzzi-Savelli <[log in to unmask]>
>>  Date: 2003/11/11 Tue AM 09:33:16 EST
>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>  Subject: Scalaria frondicula
>>
>>  Scalaria frondicula sensu AA non S. Wood S.,1848
>>  is
>>  Epitonium linctum (De Boury & Monterosato, 1890) [Scalaria]
>>
>>  Scalaria frondicula was firstly introduced by S. Wood, in 1842
>>  Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. IX: 533 but this is a nomem nudum.
>>
>>  The name was validated
>>
>>     WOOD S.V., 1848 - A monograph of the Crag Mollusca with
>>  descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British
>>  Isles. 2. Bivalves. Paleont. Soc. Monogr. (London)
>>  parte 1: pp. I-XII, 1-208, pl. 1-21 [1848]
>>
>>
>>
>>  All the best
>>
>>
>>  Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli
>>
>
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