WoRMS

NSBP taxon details

Antalis vulgaris (da Costa, 1778)

AphiaID

196380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196380)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antalis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Dentale vulgare da Costa, 1778

Synonymised names

Antalis vulgare (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (Spelling variation)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 24, pl. 2 fig. 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Antalis vulgaris (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2021) North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP) at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196380 on 2025-04-04

Thematic species database citation

Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2025). North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP). Antalis vulgaris (da Costa, 1778). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196380 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-05 21:41:50Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2008-12-22 09:27:02Z

changed

Scarabino, Victor

2016-06-26 16:39:35Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 24, pl. 2 fig. 10 [details]

status source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 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

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	zwakgeribde olifantstand [from synonym]	[details]
English	common tusk shell [from synonym]	[details]
French	dent d'éléphant [from synonym]	[details]
German	gemeiner Elefantenzahn [from synonym]	[details]