WoRMS taxon details
Dentalium tomlini Melvill, 1918
344182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344182)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 155, pl. 5, fig. 31 [details]
page(s): 155, pl. 5, fig. 31 [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium tomlini Melvill, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344182 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 155, pl. 5, fig. 31 [details]
page(s): 155, pl. 5, fig. 31 [details]
Other
additional source
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
