Species Compressidentalium clathratum (Martens, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dentalium clathratum Martens, E. von 1881. Mehrere neue Arten von Conchylien … von der Sammlungen S.M. Schiff 'Gazelle'. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 63-66 [66].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 33122, off Moreton Bay, QLD, 550 fathoms [1006 m].
• Dentalium sedecimcostatum Boissevain, M. 1906. The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition treated together with the known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. Siboga-Expéditie Report 54: 1-76 [33 pl. 6 figs 8-11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA 3.06.035, 'Siboga' Stn 52, Banda sea, 959 m [09°03' 119°57'E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA 3.06.036–043.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [260].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [91]

 

Generic Combinations

• Compressidentalium clathratum (Martens, 1881).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast, NE oceanic
  • Western Australia: N coast, NW oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Dredged in sand from 23 to 1606 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 [87]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Compressidentalium clathratum (Martens, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344494 (Accessed on 2015-07-15)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2001. Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 23(3): 433-460 [441]

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [576]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Jun-2016	SCAPHOPODA	15-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)