MolluscaBase name details
Dentalium hexagonum A. Gould, 1859
761757 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761757)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Dentalium sexcostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 166. [details]
page(s): 166. [details]
Type locality contained in Hong Kong Island
type locality contained in Hong Kong Island [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium hexagonum A. Gould, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761757 on 2025-09-11
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Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 166. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 166. [details]
basis of record 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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
