OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search
Scaphopoda DENTALIIDA DENTALIIDAE
Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Dentalium elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758
Dentalium striatum Born, 1780
Dentalium arcuatum Gmelin, 1788
Dentalium viridis Perry, 1811
Common Name
Elephant Tusk Shell p.271, pl.743 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Oliver, P.G. 1984. p.1
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea Group
Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W)
Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
Keywords
depth: continental shelf Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
depth: epipelagic Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
depth: subtidal Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197
salinity: marine Scarabino, V. 1995.
References
Oliver, P.G. 1984. p.1 General reference
Scarabino, V. 1995. p.197 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Scaphopoda
DENTALIIDA
DENTALIIDAE
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758
Dentalium (Dentalium) Linnaeus, 1758
Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=103869) created by Platypus Import SmallClasses on 2004-03-18. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-28.