WoRMS taxon details
Episiphon filum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
140016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140016)
accepted
Species
Dentalium filum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dentalium gracile Jeffreys, 1870 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Dentalium gracile Hall & Meek, 1855
marine
(of Dentalium filum 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): 99, pl. 225, fig. 45 [details]
page(s): 99, pl. 225, fig. 45 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Episiphon filum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140016 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentalium filum 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): 99, pl. 225, fig. 45 [details]
original description (of Dentalium gracile Jeffreys, 1870) Jeffreys J.G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 6: 65-86., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404572
page(s): 74 [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]
page(s): 99, pl. 225, fig. 45 [details]
original description (of Dentalium gracile Jeffreys, 1870) Jeffreys J.G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 6: 65-86., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404572
page(s): 74 [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]
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
context source (Deepsea)
Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]





Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to abyssal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Dentalium filum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To Malacopics (Episiphon filum (G. B. Sowerby II, 186) Spain, Cataluña, Tarragona, Sant Carles de ...
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium filum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium gracile Jeffreys, 1870)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Dentalium filum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To Malacopics (Episiphon filum (G. B. Sowerby II, 186) Spain, Cataluña, Tarragona, Sant Carles de ...
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium filum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium gracile Jeffreys, 1870)
To PESI