WoRMS name details
Dentalium pretiosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
344644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344644)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium pretiosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344644 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
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 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]
basis of record 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]
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
additional source
Baird, W. & Lord, J. K. (1864). Remarks on a species of shell belonging to the family Dentaliidae; with notes on their use by the natives of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 14: 452-453., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15623690#page/466/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
