Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Scaphopoda: World List of Scaphopoda NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Scaphopoda |
| Version: | Oct 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-10-18 |
| Authors/editors: | Scarabino V. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Mollusca - Scaphopoda |
| English name of the group: | Tusk shells |
| Number of species: | 574 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 95 |
| Number of common names: | 52 |
| Total number of names: | 721 |
| Abstract: | This global marine species list is part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org |