WoRMS name details
Dentalium vayssierei Fenaux, 1942
423908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:423908)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Not a scaphopod according to Steiner & Kabat, 2004.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fenaux A. (1942). Mollusques nouveaux du littoral occidental de la Méditerranée. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 825-826-827</i>: 2-3
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
Note Scarabino, 1981, studied the specimens and...
Type species Scarabino, 1981, studied the specimens and confirms that belongs to Polychaeta [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium vayssierei Fenaux, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423908 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Fenaux A. (1942). Mollusques nouveaux du littoral occidental de la Méditerranée. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 825-826-827</i>: 2-3
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [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
page(s): 669 [details]
page(s): 669 [details]
Other
additional source
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 23(3): 433-460., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20070811162831/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z01n3a4.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species Scarabino, 1981, studied the specimens and confirms that belongs to Polychaeta [details]Unreviewed
Editor's comment According to Scarabino (in Steiner & Kabat 2004: 669) a polychaete (thus a Ditrupa), but Fenaux explicitly stated that the specimens were collected living. One would suppose that the living animal would be easily recognised for a scaphopod or polychaete. The tube (Fenaux, fig. 5), as well as its description, indeed are reminiscent of Ditrupa arietina. [details]
