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Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
211851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211851)
accepted
Species
marine
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]
Description White, curved, tapering tube with 12 ridges along entire length, up to 5 cm long. Habitat: shallow and deep sand....
Description White, curved, tapering tube with 12 ridges along entire length, up to 5 cm long. Habitat: shallow and deep sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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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]
basis of record Scarabino, V. (1995). Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 189-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833279 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Scarabino, V. (1995). Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 189-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833279 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description White, curved, tapering tube with 12 ridges along entire length, up to 5 cm long. Habitat: shallow and deep sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 United Arab Emirates, R'as al Khaymah, Arabian Gulf Coast, Ram's Beach (NE-border with Oman), collected on the beach, collected 10th Feb...
To Malacopics (Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 United Arab Emirates, R'as al Khaymah, Arabian Gulf Coast, Ram's Beach (NE-border with Oman), collected on the beach, collected 10th Feb...
To Malacopics (Dentalium bisexangulatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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