Species Bathoxiphus colmani Palmer, 1974

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bathoxiphus colmani Palmer, C.P. 1974. Rectification of nomenclature in the molluscan class Scaphopoda. Veliger 17(2): 124-125 [124] [nom. nov. for Dentalium (Bathoxiphus) applanatum Colman, 1958].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Dentalium (Bathoxiphus) applanatum Colman, P.H. 1958. New South Wales Dentaliidae (Phylum Mollusca, Class Scaphopoda). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1956–7: 140-147 [145 fig. 12] [junior homonym of Dentalium applanatum Torley, 1908].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C22652, 52.5 km E of Sydney, NSW, 1463 m.
  Paratype(s) AM C170645 24 specimens, 35 miles E of Sydney, 1463 m.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Palmer, C.P. 1974. Rectification of nomenclature in the molluscan class Scaphopoda. Veliger 17(2): 124-125 [124]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE oceanic
  • Tasmania: Tas. coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Fine shell bottom, shallow infaunal, dredged in depths up to 1800 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 [141]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)