Australian Museum Journal Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898, Part 2: Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda
- Shortform:
- Hedley, 1903, Aust. Mus. Mem. 4(6): 327–402
- Author(s):
- Hedley, Charles
- Year published:
- 1903
- Title:
- Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898, Part 2: Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda
- Serial title:
- Australian Museum Memoir
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 327
- End page:
- 402
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1903.1502
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plates xxxvi–xxxviii
- Date published:
- 08 October 1903
- Cover date:
- 08 October 1903
- ISSN:
- 0067-1967
- CODEN:
- AUNMA5
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- MOLLUSCA: BRACHIOPODA
- Digitized:
- 11 March 2009
- Available online:
- 07 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 1502
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (86kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (7840kb PDF)
Abstract
[There is no abstract or summary for this work; the following is offered in HTML format, it is the first description of many within this article. Editor March 2009] Dentalium thetidis, sp. nov. Shell white, rather thin, tapering and very little curved. Sculpture: seven elevated ribs run the whole length of the shell, those on the concave side are stronger and wider apart than the others; each interspace is grooved by a dozen fine even striae, faintly crossed by growth lines; towards the aperture one or two interstitial riblets arise. Anal orifice simple. Length, 8 mm.; diameter of aperture, 1 mm.