Species Tesseracme quadrapicalis (Hanley in Sowerby, 1860)

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Species Tesseracme quadrapicalis (Hanley in Sowerby, 1860)

Dentalium quadrapicale Hanley, S. in Sowerby, G.B. 1860. Monograph of the genus Dentalium. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London Vol. 3 pp. 97–104 pls 1–3. [103].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1907.10.28.147, Cochin, Malabar (India).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.10.28.148–149 2 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Ludbrook, N.H. 1954. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports. 10(2): 91–120 pl. 1. [103] (referred to a holotype); 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 (interpreted Ludbrook's incorrect reference to a 'holotype' as a lectotype designation (ICZN 1985, Art. 74b)).

Generic Combinations

Tesseracme quadrapicalis (Hanley in Sowerby, 1860). —
Plate, L. H. 1908. Die Solenoconchen der Valdivia Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 9(3): 337-362 [Date published 10 May: pl. 30] [350]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: Africa to India and 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: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Dredged in coarse sand from 6.4–124 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 [76]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Tesseracme quadrapicalis (Hanley in Sowerby, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344553 (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 [636]

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	05-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		01-Oct-2015	MODIFIED

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