WoRMS name details
Dentalium corneum Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Lamarck, 1818
211852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211852)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 345 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
Taxonomy the specific name cornea/corneum is confused, having been used for a number of things. Linnaeus'taxon is an insect larva,...
Taxonomy the specific name cornea/corneum is confused, having been used for a number of things. Linnaeus'taxon is an insect larva, Lamarck's Recent material under this name might belong to Ditrupa arietina, while his fossils might be named Ditrupa strangulata, a mix of taxa by itself. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium corneum Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211852 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 345 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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status source ten Hove, H. A.; Smith, R. S. (1990). A redescription of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 42(1): 101-118., available online at https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Hove-and-Smith-1990-Rec-Aust-Mus-421-101118 [details]

status source ten Hove, H. A.; Smith, R. S. (1990). A redescription of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 42(1): 101-118., available online at https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Hove-and-Smith-1990-Rec-Aust-Mus-421-101118 [details]





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Taxonomy the specific name cornea/corneum is confused, having been used for a number of things. Linnaeus'taxon is an insect larva, Lamarck's Recent material under this name might belong to Ditrupa arietina, while his fossils might be named Ditrupa strangulata, a mix of taxa by itself. [details]