WoRMS taxon details
Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879)
344398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344398)
accepted
Species
Dentalium (Bathoxiphus) didymum R. B. Watson, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dentalium (Episiphon) johnsoni W. K. Emerson, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium didymum R. B. Watson, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Episiphon didymus (R. B. Watson, 1879) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentalium didymum R. B. Watson, 1879) Watson, R. B. (1879). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera <i>Dentalium</i>, <i>Siphodentalium</i>, and <i>Cadulus</i>. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 14: 506-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858591
page(s): 517 [details]
page(s): 517 [details]
Type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344398 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentalium didymum R. B. Watson, 1879) Watson, R. B. (1879). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera <i>Dentalium</i>, <i>Siphodentalium</i>, and <i>Cadulus</i>. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 14: 506-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858591
page(s): 517 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Episiphon) johnsoni W. K. Emerson, 1952) Emerson, W. K. (1952). The scaphopod mollusks collected by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 117(6): 1-14, pl. 1., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23756/1952%20vol%20117%20emerson%20scaphopods.pdf
page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 517 [details]
original description (of Dentalium (Episiphon) johnsoni W. K. Emerson, 1952) Emerson, W. K. (1952). The scaphopod mollusks collected by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 117(6): 1-14, pl. 1., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23756/1952%20vol%20117%20emerson%20scaphopods.pdf
page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568 [details]
additional source Watson, R. B. (1886). <i>Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76</i>. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ovate tuskshell | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dentalium (Episiphon) johnsoni W. K. Emerson, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dentalium didymum R. B. Watson, 1879)
To Malacopics (Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879) Brazil, Bahia, Itaparica Island, collected 1...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dentalium (Episiphon) johnsoni W. K. Emerson, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dentalium didymum R. B. Watson, 1879)
To Malacopics (Episiphon didymum (R. B. Watson, 1879) Brazil, Bahia, Itaparica Island, collected 1...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
