WoRMS taxon details
Paradentalium hexagonum (A. Gould, 1859)
344527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344527)
accepted
Species
Dentalium hexagonum A. Gould, 1859 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Dentalium minus Boissevain, 1906 · unaccepted
Dentalium sexcostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentalium hexagonum A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 166. [details]
page(s): 166. [details]
Type locality contained in Hong Kong Island
type locality contained in Hong Kong Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paradentalium hexagonum (A. Gould, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344527 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentalium hexagonum A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 166. [details]
original description (of Dentalium sexcostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus <i>Dentalium</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 103, pl. 223, fig. 11. [details]
original description (of Dentalium minus Boissevain, 1906) Boissevain, M. (1906). The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition, treated together with the known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 54 (Livraison 32): 1–76, 1-6 pls. E. J. Brill, Leiden. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11306482
page(s): 14, textfig. 10, pl. 6 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 166. [details]
original description (of Dentalium sexcostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Monograph of the genus <i>Dentalium</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (20): 97–104, pl. 223–225. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940524
page(s): 103, pl. 223, fig. 11. [details]
original description (of Dentalium minus Boissevain, 1906) Boissevain, M. (1906). The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition, treated together with the known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 54 (Livraison 32): 1–76, 1-6 pls. E. J. Brill, Leiden. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11306482
page(s): 14, textfig. 10, pl. 6 fig. 3 [details]
Other
additional source
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
