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Taxonomy
Family:
ENTALINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Entalimorpha (Suborder)
> Entalinidae (Family)
> Pertusiconcha (Genus)
> tridentata (Species)
Images: Pertusiconcha tridentata Chistikov, 1982
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Taxonomy
Family:
ENTALINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Entalimorpha (Suborder)
> Entalinidae (Family)
> Pertusiconcha (Genus)
> tridentata (Species)
Details: Pertusiconcha tridentata Chistikov, 1982
Distribution:
Western Pacific and western Indian Ocean. N of East Cape, from 2470m
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.312)
  • Chistikov, S. 1982 The modern Entalinidae (Scaphopoda, Gadilida), 1. Subfamily Heteroschismoidinae - 1 [in Russian], Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 61(5) (p.671) 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