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Scaphopoda 
AphiaID: 104

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum)
Authority Bronn, 1862
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Class
Parent Mollusca
Sources  additional source: An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details] [full text]

status source: Steiner G. & Kabat A.R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 23 (3): 433-460., available online at http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z01n3a4.pdf [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch olifantstandjes  [details]
Dutch stoottandjes  [details]
English tusk shells  [details]
French scaphopodes  [details]
Swedish tandsnäckor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Order Dentaliida
Order Gadilida
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: selective (1A) [details]
omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Classification: These two clades seem unambiguously supported by both molecular and morphological data; traditionally ranked as orders although why not subclass? Opinions welcome, decisions on this extend to other cases like the archeogastropod groups.  [details]

Classification: The editor strongly support the proposal of Serge Gofas [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-01-30 14:43:20Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-02-21 00:55:04Z  changed  Scarabino, Victor
2011-11-23 18:51:54Z  changed  Scarabino, Victor
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Scaphopoda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104 on 2013-05-23
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