Siphonodentalium colubridens
Species of mollusc
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Siphonodentalium colubridens is a tusk shell or scaphopod in the family Gadilidae of the order Dentaliida.[1]
| Siphonodentalium colubridens | |
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| illustration of Siphonodentalium colubridens, 15 × 2.5 mm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida |
| Family: | Gadilidae |
| Genus: | Siphonodentalium |
| Species: | S. colubridens |
| Binomial name | |
| Siphonodentalium colubridens Watson, 1879 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cadulus colubridens R. B. Watson, 1879 | |
This species was described from only one specimen collected in 1874 by the H.M.S. Challenger expedition.[2] The original description and a drawing was published in 1879 by Robert Boog Watson, a Scottish malacologist who reported on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda of the Challenger expedition. The specimen was collected at a depth of about 1300 m in ocean waters east of North Island, New Zealand.
The species is described as having a smooth, white shell, with a swelling below the anterior aperture and a length of 15 mm.[2][3]