Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Caudofoveata > Order Chaetodermatida > Family Chaetodermatidae > Genus Falcidens

Falcidens crossotus Salvini-Plawen, 1968

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Falcidens*	Salvini-Plawen, 1968	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: glistenworm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gemeiner Zangenschildfuß

Literature

original description	Salvini-Plawen L. (1968). Uber lebendbeobachtungen an Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aculifera), nebst Bemerkungen zum System der Klasse. Sarsia 31: 105-126
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
additional source	Salvini-Plawen L. (1970). Die norwegischen Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aculifera). Sarsia 45: 1-16

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Falcidens crossotus Salvini-Plawen, 1968. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139112