MolluscaBase taxon details
Antalis usitata (E. A. Smith, 1894)
344452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344452)
accepted
Species
Dentalium usitatum E. A. Smith, 1894 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Dentalium usitatum E. A. Smith, 1894) Smith, E. A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.-Series II, No. 10. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 14: 157-174, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625978
page(s): 168, pl. 4, figs 16, 16a. [details]
page(s): 168, pl. 4, figs 16, 16a. [details]
Type locality contained in Bay of Bengal, Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic...
type locality contained in Bay of Bengal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Antalis usitata (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344452 on 2025-09-12
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(of Dentalium usitatum E. A. Smith, 1894) Smith, E. A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.-Series II, No. 10. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 14: 157-174, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625978
page(s): 168, pl. 4, figs 16, 16a. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
page(s): 168, pl. 4, figs 16, 16a. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
