WoRMS taxon details
Dentalium octangulatum Donovan, 1804
344171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344171)
accepted
Species
Dentalium japonicum Dunker, 1877 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Dentalium octogonum Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
marine
Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium octangulatum Donovan, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344171 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386 [details]
original description (of Dentalium japonicum Dunker, 1877) Dunker, W. (1877). Mollusca nonnulla nova maris Japonici. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 67-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854738
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Dentalium octogonum Lamarck, 1818) 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): 344 [details]
original description (of Dentalium japonicum Dunker, 1877) Dunker, W. (1877). Mollusca nonnulla nova maris Japonici. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 67-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854738
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Dentalium octogonum Lamarck, 1818) 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): 344 [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Sasaki, T. (2007). The Protonch of Two Scaphopod Species from Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 66 (4): 319-323. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ieyama, H. (1993). Karyotypes of Two Species in the Dentaliidae (Mollusca : Scaphopoda). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 52(3):245 -248. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scarabino, V. (1995). Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 189-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833279 [details]
[request]additional source Sasaki, T. (2007). The Protonch of Two Scaphopod Species from Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 66 (4): 319-323. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ieyama, H. (1993). Karyotypes of Two Species in the Dentaliidae (Mollusca : Scaphopoda). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 52(3):245 -248. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scarabino, V. (1995). Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 189-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833279 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
