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Compressidens ophiodon (Dall, 1881) 
AphiaID: 344585

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Scaphopoda (Class) > Gadilida (Order) > Gadilimorpha (Suborder) > Gadilida incertae sedis (Family) > Compressidens (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Compressidens Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
Sources  original description: Dall W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 9 (2): 33-144. [details]

additional source: Kraeuter J. N. 1972.Dentaliid taxa referred to the Siphonodentaliidae (Mollusca: Scaphopoda) with a description of a new species. The Veliger 15 (1): 21-28 [details]

additional source: Kraeuter, J. N. 2009. Scaphopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 745–749 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English flattened toothshell  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
West Central Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: shelf to bathyal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344585
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:44:20Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-12-26 14:02:16Z  checked  Scarabino, Victor
  
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  Citation: Scarabino, V. (2013). Compressidens ophiodon (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344585 on 2013-05-25
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