Marine Species Traits - Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)

Traits taxon details

Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)

AphiaID

344224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344224)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fissidentalium P. Fischer, 1885

Original name

Dentalium zelandicum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus Dentalium. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 101, pl. 223, fig. 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344224 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344224 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-11 11:44:20Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-12-22 21:49:45Z

changed

Scarabino, Victor

2014-10-15 23:19:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-06-22 20:23:56Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-24 01:46:25Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-07-30 11:27:56Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus Dentalium. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 101, pl. 223, fig. 13 [details]

context source (Deepsea) NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (2009) Chatham–Challenger Ocean Survey 20/20 Post-Voyage Analyses: Objective 1 epienthic sled and beam trawl data, available online at http://www.os2020.org.nz/search-data-chatchall/dogetrecordbyid/6d2d46b2-f02c-4b48-87d5-a2fa6261f552 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland, xiv + 500 pp., 82 pls. [details] Available for editors

additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Malacopics (Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) New Zealand, Chatham Islands Territory, off Christchurch, Chatham Rise, E of Mernoo Bank, by dredging, at 368-411 m depth, collected ...
To Malacopics (Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) New Zealand, Southland, Fiordland. Te Houhou (George Sound), empty shell, found on alluvial fan, by dredging at 30 m depth, collected...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

Unreviewed

Hosted externally

To Malacopics (Fissidentalium zelandicum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) New Zealand, Southland, Fiordland. Te Houhou (George Sound), empty shell, found on alluvial fan, by dredging at 30 m depth, collected...

Hosted externally