WoRMS taxon details
Dentalium variabile Deshayes, 1826
344184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344184)
accepted
Species
Dentalium belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · unaccepted
Dentalium multistriatum Deshayes, 1826 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Deshayes, G. P. (1826). Anatomie et monographie du genre Dentale. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> (2) 2(2): 321-378, 4 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591690
page(s): 352-353, pl. 16, fig. 30 [details]
page(s): 352-353, pl. 16, fig. 30 [details]
Note Possibly, India ("This shell, which I found at...
Type locality Possibly, India ("This shell, which I found at a merchant with many small shells from India, could be from this country; Deshayes, 1826: 353). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium variabile Deshayes, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344184 on 2025-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Deshayes, G. P. (1826). Anatomie et monographie du genre Dentale. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> (2) 2(2): 321-378, 4 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591690
page(s): 352-353, pl. 16, fig. 30 [details]
original description (of Dentalium multistriatum Deshayes, 1826) Deshayes, G. P. (1826). Anatomie et monographie du genre Dentale. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> (2) 2(2): 321-378, 4 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591690
page(s): 358, pl. 18 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Dentalium belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus <i>Dentalium</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 101, pl. 224, figs. 28, 29 [details]
page(s): 352-353, pl. 16, fig. 30 [details]
original description (of Dentalium multistriatum Deshayes, 1826) Deshayes, G. P. (1826). Anatomie et monographie du genre Dentale. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> (2) 2(2): 321-378, 4 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3591690
page(s): 358, pl. 18 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Dentalium belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus <i>Dentalium</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 101, pl. 224, figs. 28, 29 [details]
Other
additional source
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]
additional source Scarabino, V. (2008). New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 215-268. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scarabino, V. (2008). New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 215-268. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Possibly, India ("This shell, which I found at a merchant with many small shells from India, could be from this country; Deshayes, 1826: 353). [details]Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
