Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda > Order Dentaliida > Family Dentaliidae > Genus Fissidentalium

Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fissidentalium*	P. Fischer, 1885	accepted genus name
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium)*	P. Fischer, 1895	synonym

Species group names

*Dentalium solidum*	Verrill, 1884	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis*	Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897	synonym
*Dentalium candidum*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Dentalium caudani*	Locard, 1896	synonym
*Dentalium caudani var. intermedia*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Dentalium solidum*	Verrill, 1884	synonym; nom. inval.
*Laevidentalium caudani*	(Locard, 1896)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: meridian tuskshell

Literature

original description	Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the Valorous expedition.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19: 154-158
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Kraeuter, J. N. 2009. Scaphopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 745–749 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Taxon found in 4 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Scarabino, V.; Gofas, S. (2014). Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139535