WoRMS taxon details
Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877)
139535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139535)
accepted
Species
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale jamaicense J. B. Henderson, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale meridionale Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale var. jamaicense J. B. Henderson, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale verrilli J. B. Henderson, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dentalium candidum var. meridionale Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium caudani var. intermedia Locard, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti Locard, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium meridionale Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium meridionale meridionale Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Dentalium solidum Hutton, 1873; Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale verrilli Henderson, 1920 is a replacement name
Fissidentalium meridionale (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Laevidentalium caudani (Locard, 1896) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the <i>Valorous</i> expedition.. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19</i>: 154-158, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456780
page(s): 153-154 [details]
page(s): 153-154 [details]
Distribution 41°N to 23°S; 74°W to 43°W, Massachusetts to Brazil, 100 to 2743 m
Distribution 41°N to 23°S; 74°W to 43°W, Massachusetts to Brazil, 100 to 2743 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139535 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laevidentalium caudani (Locard, 1896)) Locard A. (1896) Mollusques testacés et brachiopodes, pp. 129-242, pl. 5-6, in: Koehler R. (1896) Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <i>Annales de l'Université de Lyon</i>, 26.
, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839 [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896) Locard A. (1896) Mollusques testacés et brachiopodes, pp. 129-242, pl. 5-6, in: Koehler R. (1896) Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <i>Annales de l'Université de Lyon</i>, 26. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the <i>Valorous</i> expedition.. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19</i>: 154-158, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456780
page(s): 153-154 [details]
original description (of Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 215-216 [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani var. intermedia Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) 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
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale verrilli J. B. Henderson, 1920) Henderson, J. B. (1920). A monograph of the east American scaphopod mollusks. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 111(20): 1-177., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33255
page(s): 62-63, pl. 9, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale jamaicense J. B. Henderson, 1920) Henderson, J. B. (1920). A monograph of the east American scaphopod mollusks. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 111(20): 1-177., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33255
page(s): 62, pl. 9, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896) Locard A. (1896) Mollusques testacés et brachiopodes, pp. 129-242, pl. 5-6, in: Koehler R. (1896) Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <i>Annales de l'Université de Lyon</i>, 26. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the <i>Valorous</i> expedition.. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19</i>: 154-158, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456780
page(s): 153-154 [details]
original description (of Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 215-216 [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Dentalium caudani var. intermedia Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) 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
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale verrilli J. B. Henderson, 1920) Henderson, J. B. (1920). A monograph of the east American scaphopod mollusks. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 111(20): 1-177., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33255
page(s): 62-63, pl. 9, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Fissidentalium) meridionale jamaicense J. B. Henderson, 1920) Henderson, J. B. (1920). A monograph of the east American scaphopod mollusks. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 111(20): 1-177., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33255
page(s): 62, pl. 9, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
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 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. [details]
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. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution 41°N to 23°S; 74°W to 43°W, Massachusetts to Brazil, 100 to 2743 m [details]Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | meridian tuskshell | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fissidentalium candidum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877) Mauritania, off Mauritania, Banc d'Arguin,...
To Malacopics (Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys,1877) Angola, Luanda, SW of Luanda, at 1756 m dep...
To PESI (from synonym Laevidentalium caudani (Locard, 1896))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani var. intermedia Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Fissidentalium meridionale (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fissidentalium candidum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877) Mauritania, off Mauritania, Banc d'Arguin,...
To Malacopics (Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys,1877) Angola, Luanda, SW of Luanda, at 1756 m dep...
To PESI (from synonym Laevidentalium caudani (Locard, 1896))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani Locard, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium solidum A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium caudani var. intermedia Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Fissidentalium meridionale (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897))
To ITIS
