Deep-Sea taxon details
Polyschides spectabilis (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
344479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344479)
accepted
Species
Cadulus spectabilis A. E. Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cadulus spectabilis A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444
page(s): 432-433, pl. 44, fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 432-433, pl. 44, fig. 19 [details]
Distribution 41°N to 37°N; 73°W to 68°W, off Georges Bank to Virginia, 2789 to 3400 m
Distribution 41°N to 37°N; 73°W to 68°W, off Georges Bank to Virginia, 2789 to 3400 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polyschides spectabilis (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344479 on 2025-11-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polyschides spectabilis (A. E. Verrill, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344479 on 2025-11-15
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(of Cadulus spectabilis A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444
page(s): 432-433, pl. 44, fig. 19 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 177 [details]
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]
new combination reference Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487 [details]
page(s): 432-433, pl. 44, fig. 19 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 177 [details]
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]
new combination reference Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution 41°N to 37°N; 73°W to 68°W, off Georges Bank to Virginia, 2789 to 3400 m [details]Editor's comment The editor (VS) consider that this species should to be placed into the genus Siphonodentalium [details]
Habitat shelf to abyssal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | notable toothshell | [details] |
