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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GADILIDAE: SIPHONODENTALIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Siphonodentaliinae (Subfamily)
> Siphonodentalium (Genus)
> colubridens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Siphodentalium Monterosato, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Cadulus colubridens R.B. Watson, 1879
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GADILIDAE: SIPHONODENTALIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Siphonodentaliinae (Subfamily)
> 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:
North East from New Zealand, 1280 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine
Distribution Map
 
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil