Species Paradentalium francisense (Verco, 1911)
- Dentalium francisense Verco, J.C. 1911. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XIV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 204-215 [207 pl. 26].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13724, Petrel Bay, St Francis Is., SA, 27–37 m.
Paratype(s) SAMA D16004 1 specimen (ex D13724, juvenile dry shell); USNM 251989, Gulf St Vincent, SA; AM C334 2 specimens, Gulf St Vincent, SA, 27–40 m.
Generic Combinations
- Paradentalium francisense (Verco, 1911). —
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1933. South Australian shells. Part 8. South Australian Naturalist 14: 135-150 pl. 1 figs 1-4a [139]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE oceanic
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast, S oceanic
- Victoria: Bass Strait, S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S oceanic, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, mud bottom, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Shallow infaunal, dredged in sandy mud from 27 to 550 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 [66]
Scarabino, V. 2008. Paradentalium francisense (Verco, 1911). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344523 (Accessed on 2015-07-31)
Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [592]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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30-Jun-2016 | SCAPHOPODA | 31-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |