Species Dentalium (Dentalium) robustum Brazier, 1877

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Species Dentalium (Dentalium) robustum Brazier, 1877

Dentalium robustum 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 [56].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C170765, Katow, New Guinea, 8 fathoms [15 m], sandy mud and coral,.
Paralectotype(s) AM C170766 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 [53].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: Papua New Guinea, northern 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

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

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Coral bottom, shallow infaunal, dredged in depths to 3150 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 [39]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Dentalium robustum Brazier, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344178 (Accessed on 2015-07-28)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [639]

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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