MolluscaBase - Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †

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Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †

AphiaID

1814904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1814904)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Paradentalium sexangulum (Gmelin, 1791) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Dentalium (Dentalium) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Dentalium sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †

Direct children (4)

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Variety Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum var. colligens Sacco, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum var. magnocostata Sacco, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum var. peracuta Sacco, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum var. striolatissima Sacco, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Dentalium sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3739 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium (Dentalium) sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1814904 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

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2025-05-24 20:31:28Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Dentalium sexangulum Gmelin, 1791 †) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3739 [details]