Species Dentalium aciculum Gould, 1859

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Species Dentalium aciculum Gould, 1859

Dentalium aciculum Gould, A.A. 1859. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 161-166 [165].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 24149, Coast of China, in sand, 46 m [23°50'N].
Paratype(s) MCZ 169033 (ex NYSM 145, original No G2405); MCZ 216577 (ex Smithsonian Institution).
Dentalium luchuanum Dall, W.H. 1926. New shells from Japan and the Loochoo Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 39: 63-66 [63].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 333692, Nago, Okinawa, Japan, 15 fathoms [27 m].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Habe, T. 1964. Fauna Japonica. Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan 59 pp. 5 pls. [24]

Generic Combinations

Graptacme aciculum (Gould, 1859). —
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. [93]
Dentalium aciculum Gould, 1859. —
Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [557] (states that "V. Scarabino (in litt. 5.XI.2001) has determined that this is correctly placed in Dentalium.")

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western 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), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast, NE oceanic
- Western Australia: N coast

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Philippines

Palaearctic Region

China (People's Republic)
Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Sieved from littoral sand and dredged in sand, 46 to 1000 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 [99]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Dentalium aciculum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344127 (Accessed on 2015-07-16)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [557]

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-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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