Database details : World List of Scaphopoda

Full name: World List of Scaphopoda UPDATED!
Short name: WoRMS Scaphopoda
Version: 2014-10-01
Release date: 2014-10-01
Authors/editors: Scarabino V.
Taxonomic coverage: Animalia - Mollusca - Scaphopoda
English name of the group: Tusk shells
Number of living species 571
Number of living infraspecific taxa 0
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: 0
Number of synonyms: 323
Number of common names: 52
Total number of names: 947
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
Bibliographic citation: Scarabino V. (2025). WoRMS Scaphopoda: World List of Scaphopoda (version 2014-10-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.