New Records of Two Epitoniids Cycloscala crenulata (Pease, 1896), Filiscala raricosta (Lamark, 1804) (Gastropoda:Epitoniidae) from the West Coast of India

Members of the family Epitonidae are small to medium in size, difficult to identify and most complicated among gastropods and occurring from the lower inter tidal zone to abyssal sea beds (Nakayama, 2003). The described shells are bold with minute sculptures, and most species recorded from the west coast of India, are known from empty shells. Their hosts being unknown, the differences between species are often slight, so their identification is often a matter for the specialists. Morphological characters are reckoned for confirmation up to species level and The species which are documented here are all new records from India, being previously not known from literature.