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Species Dentalium (Dentalium) austini Lamprell & Healy, 1998

  • Type data:
     Holotype NMV F75838, Cullen Beach, Darwin, NT.
    Paratype(s) NMV F67466 18 specimens, same data as holotype; AM C172540 14 specimens, Port Darwin, NT; AM C308639 2 specimens, Mindel Beach, Darwin, NT, low tide; NMV F67469 16 specimens, Cameron Beach, Shoal Bay, NT; NMV F67474 13 juveniles, Cameron Beach, Shoal Bay, Darwin, NT; AM C172543 13 specimens, Dudley Point, on mud flats; AM C172539 5 specimens, E end Cullen Beach, Darwin, NT, fine grey mud; WAM 106-93 1 specimen (preserved), off Eagle Bay, WA, 32 m.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: 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), 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: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected in littoral areas after rough weather and dredged to depths of 32 m in mud and sand.

 

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