WoRMS taxon details
Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
AphiaID: 211851
AphiaID: 211851
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Scaphopoda (Class) > Dentaliida (Order) > Dentaliidae (Family) > Dentalium (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Sowerby G. B. 1860. Monograph of the genus Dentalium. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3: 97-104, pls. 1-3 [223-225]. [details] basis of record: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] basis of record: Scarabino, V. (1995). Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with descriptions of 3 new genera and 42 new species. in: P. Bouchet (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mem. Mus. natn Hist. nat. 167: 189-379. [details] additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: White, curved, tapering tube with 12 ridges along entire length, up to 5 cm long. Habitat: shallow and deep sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211851 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Scarabino, V. (2013). Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211851 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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