WoRMS taxon details
Antalis pretiosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
344446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344446)
accepted
Species
Dentalium pretiosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentalium pretiosum 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Antalis pretiosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344446 on 2025-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentalium pretiosum 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 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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]
Other
additional source
Clark, R. B. 1963. The economics of Dentalium. The Veliger 6(1): 9-19 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf, [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Wampum tuskshellIndian money tusk | [details] |
| German | Kostbarer ElefantenzahnIndischer Elefantenzahn | [details] |
