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Taxonomy
Family:
GADILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Siphonodentalium (Genus)
> colubridens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Siphodentalium Monterosato, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Cadulus colubridens R.B. Watson, 1879
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Taxonomy
Family:
GADILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Siphonodentalium (Genus)
> colubridens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Siphodentalium Monterosato, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Cadulus colubridens R.B. Watson, 1879
Details: Siphonodentalium colubridens (R.B. Watson, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Length 115mm, Diameter 2.5mm
Distribution:
East Africa and western Pacific. Eastern North Island and Challenger Plateau, from 872-1280m
Type Data:
  • 1280 metres, NE off East Cape, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Scarabino, V. 1995 Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with descriptions of 3 new genera and 42 new species. In Bouchet, P. (ed), Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 14, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 (p.329)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.354)
  • Watson, R.B. 1879 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium, and Cadulus, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 14 (p.506) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil