WoRMS name details
Dentalium conspicuum Melvill, 1897
877806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:877806)
unaccepted
Species
marine
Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 21, pl. 7, fig. 28. [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 7, fig. 28. [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium conspicuum Melvill, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877806 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 21, pl. 7, fig. 28. [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 7, fig. 28. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
