Species Dentalium (Dentalium) cheverti Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897

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Species Dentalium (Dentalium) cheverti Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897

Dentalium septemcostatum Brazier, J. 1877 [imprint 1878]. Continuation of the Molluscs collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 55-60 [57] [junior homonym of Dentalium septemcostatum Abich, 1859].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM A96 4 specimens, Evans Bay, Cape York, QLD, 6 fathoms [11 m], sand bottom;
Status unknown, (presumed lost), locality unknown.
Dentalium cheverti 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] [9].
Type data:
Lectotype AM A96 (lectotype selected from AM A96), northern Australia [Evans Bay, Cape York, QLD], 6 fathoms, sand.
Paralectotype(s) AM A96 3 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55.
Type locality references:
Ponder, W.F. & Stanbury, P.J. 1972. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VI. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97(1): 42-55 [53].

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 [51]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-pacific: eastern Australia

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

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
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral to 4 m, dredged in sand to 738 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 [51]

Scarabino, V. 2010. Dentalium cheverti. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344134 (Accessed on 2015-07-20)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [575, 643]

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	28-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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