Genus Tesseracme Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898

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Regional Maps

• Tesseracme 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. [1897: 1–144 pls 1–26; 1898: i–xxxii + 145–280 pls 27–37 Vanatta, E.G. 1927. Dates of publication of the parts of the Manual of Conchology, First Series (Cephalopoda, Marine Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda). Nautilus 40: 96–99] [249].

  Type species:

   Dentalium quadrapicale Hanley in Sowerby, 1860 by subsequent designation, see Woodring, W.P. 1925. Miocene molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica, Part 1, Pelecypods and scaphopods. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 366: 1-222 pls 1-22 [199].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ludbrook, N.H. 1960. Scaphopoda. pp. I37-I41 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I39]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
  • Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, N coast, NW coast

Distribution References

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)