WoRMS taxon details
Episiphon subtorquatum (P. Fischer, 1871)
344409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344409)
accepted
Species
Dentalium subtorquatum P. Fischer, 1871 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentalium subtorquatum P. Fischer, 1871) Fischer, P. (1871). Sur la faune conchyliologique marine de la baie de Suez. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 19 (3): 209-219, pl. 11, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15136230
page(s): 212 [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
Distribution Red Sea and East Africa.
Distribution Red Sea and East Africa. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Episiphon subtorquatum (P. Fischer, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344409 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentalium subtorquatum P. Fischer, 1871) Fischer, P. (1871). Sur la faune conchyliologique marine de la baie de Suez. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 19 (3): 209-219, pl. 11, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15136230
page(s): 212 [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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]
Other
additional source
Jong, A.F. de & Strack, H.L. (2025). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 20. The shallow water Scaphopoda (Mollusca), including the description of three new species. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 24: 123-150.
page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Red Sea and East Africa. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
To Malacopics (Dentalium subtorquatum P.Fischer,1871 LECTOTYPE Mer Rouge (Red Sea))
To Malacopics (Episiphon subtorquatum (P. Fischer, 1871) Egypt, As Suways, Ras Adabiya, beached, c...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Episiphon subtorquatum (P. Fischer, 1871) Egypt, As Suways, Ras Adabiya, beached, c...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
