Species Dischides prionotus (Watson, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphodentalium prionotum Watson R.B. 1879. Mollusca of the 'Challenger' Expedition. Part II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium and Cadulus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 14: 508-529 [522].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.2.9.67–8, Raine Is., Cape York, QLD, 155 fathoms [282 m].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.2.9.67–8 3 specimens, same data as lectotype.

  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 [167].

 

Generic Combinations

• Dischides prionotus (Watson, 1879). —
  Pilsbry, H.A. & Sharp, B. 1898. Scaphopoda. i-xxxii 145-280 pls 27-37 in Tryon, G.W. Jr (ed.). Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Sciences Vol. 17. [146]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Madagascar to Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast, NE oceanic
  • Western Australia: N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow infaunal, dredged in sand and mud from 7.5 to 284 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 [167]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Dischides prionotus (Watson, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344317 (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 [633]

 

History of changes

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)