Species Compressidens platyceras (Sharp & Pilsbry in Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)

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Species Compressidens platyceras (Sharp & Pilsbry in Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)

Dentalium platyceras Sharp, B. & Pilsbry, H.A. in Pilsbry, H.A. & Sharp, B. 1897. [1897–1898] Scaphopoda. i-xxxii 1-280 pls 1-39 in Tryon, G.W. Jr (ed.). Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Sciences Vol. 17. [1897: 1–144 pls 1–26; 1898: i–xxxii + 145–280 pls 27–37 Vanatta, E.G. 1927. Dates of publication of the parts of the Manual of Conchology, First Series (Cephalopoda, Marine Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda). Nautilus 40: 96–99] [126].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP 35565, Port Stephens, NSW, 4–8 fathoms [7.3–14.6 m].
Paralectotype(s) AM C11721 6 specimens; AM C55085 6 specimens; ANSP 35565 17 specimens, same data as for lectotype; AM C11721 7 specimens, Salamander Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, 15–20 m; AM C55085 7 specimens, Salamander Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, 24 m.
Subsequent designation 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 [147].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Scarabino, V. 1995. Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. In Bouchet, P. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. Vol 14. Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 167: 189–379. [370]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE oceanic
- Queensland: Central E coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Sieved from littoral sand and dredged in mud and sand to 2900 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 [147]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Compressidens platyceras (Sharp & Pilsbry in Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344586 (Accessed on 2015-08-05)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [631]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Jun-2016	SCAPHOPODA	05-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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