Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda > Order Dentaliida > Family Dentaliidae > Genus Fissidentalium

Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fissidentalium*	P. Fischer, 1885	accepted genus name
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium)*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Dentalium solidum*	A. E. Verrill, 1884	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Dentalium (Fissidentalium) candidum var. meridionalis*	Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897	synonym
*Dentalium candidum*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Dentalium caudani*	Locard, 1896	synonym
*Dentalium caudani var. intermedia*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Dentalium caudani var. parfaiti*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Laevidentalium caudani*	(Locard, 1896)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: meridian tuskshell

Literature

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	Kraeuter, J. N. 2009. Scaphopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 745–749 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissidentalium candidum (Jeffreys, 1877). 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:139535