Species Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum Linnaeus, 1767
Type data:
Syntype(s) LS No. 611, Indian Ocean;
Status unknown, Philippines.- Dentalium striatum Born, I. von 1778. Testacea musei Caesarei Vindobonensis quae jussu Mariae Theresia Augustae disposuit et descripsit. Vindobonae : J.P. Krauss 442 pp. [431] [in part].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW, locality unknown. - Dentalium striatulum Gmelin, J.F. 1788. In Caroli a Linné, Systema Naturae. Edn 13. Leiden : Delamolliere. [3738].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sicily. - Dentalium aprinum incolor Boissevain, M. 1906. The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition treated together with the known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. Siboga-Expéditie Report 54: 1-76 [10] [as Dentalium aprinum var. incolor].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA 3.06.055, Indonesia, off Lirung, Sila Babu Is., 'Siboga' Stn 133.
Paralectotype(s) ZMA 3.06.006 3 specimens; ZMA 3.06.007 1 specimen. - Dentalium caprinum Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [25].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown. - Dentalium aprinum taiwanum Kuroda, T. 1941. A catalogue of molluscan shells from Taiwan (Formosa), with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University 22(4, Geology 17): 65-216, pls 8-14 [196].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NSMT, Taiwan (as Formosa), Takao. - Dentalium interstriatum Sowerby, G.B. 1860. Monograph of the genus Dentalium. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London Vol. 3. 97-104 pls [102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1950.11.28.42–44 3 specimens, Philippines, Bohol Is.;
Status unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific: Madagascar to Philippines, New Caledonia and Australia.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Philippines
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Ecological Descriptors
Sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
5-123 m
General References
Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [20]
Scarabino, V. 2008. Dentalium aprinum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211854 (Accessed on 2015-07-17)
Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [564]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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30-Jun-2016 | SCAPHOPODA | 17-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri |
16-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED |