Catalogue of Tusk Shells in the National Museum of Ireland (Mollusca: Scaphopoda)
J. Sigwart1,2
1. National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Division, Merrion Road, Dublin 2, Ireland
2. University College Dublin, Department of Zoology, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
September 2003
The list below represents the holdings of tusk-shell specimens preserved in 70% Ethanol, in the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Division, Dublin, Ireland (NMINH). There are additional dry shell specimens in the holdings of the Museum which are NOT included in this list.
The collection contains 17 lots in >4 genera.
The list is arranges systematically by family, and alphabetically by genus and species, as follows.
Dentaliidae Dentalium
Entalinidae Entalina
Siphonodentaliidae Cadulus, Siphonodentalium
| Genus | sp | Author, date | Number of specimens (N>10) | NMI registration | Locality | Collection Year | Collector | Donor | Notes |
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 3 | 1904.199.1 | Naples, Italy | ||||
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 4 | 2003.42.6 | Kristianiafjorden, Norway | 1879 | Asbjornsen | ||
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 2 | 2003.39.13 | Kerry, Ireland | ||||
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | N | 2003.42.7 | Kristianiafjorden, Norway | 1879 | Asbjornsen | ||
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 2 | 1915.116.25 | Trans. Fish. | ||||
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 2 | 1993.31.37 | 53o26' N, 5o47' W Co. Dublin, Ireland | 1996 | J. Dowse | det. J. Dowse | |
| Dentalium | entalis | (Linne,1758) | 2 | 1999.41.3 | Eilean Dublin Channel, W. Scotland | 1983 | S.M. Smith | ||
| Dentalium | vulgaris | (DaCosta,1778) | 4 | 2003.39.15 | |||||
| Entalina | quinquangularis | Forbes, 1844 | 1 | 1915.116.26 | Trans. Fish. | taxonomy uncertain | |||
| Cadulus | jeffreysii | (Monterosato,1865) | 1 | 1915.116.27 | 1907 | Trans. Fish. | |||
| Cadulus | propinquus | (Sars, 1878) | 1 | 1915.116.28 | 1907 | Trans. Fish. | |||
| Siphonodentalium | lobatum | (Sowerby, 1860) | 2 | 2003.39.14 | 1909? | ||||
| [unidentified] | 1 | 2003.39.20 | Bantry Bay | 1895 | |||||
| [unidentified] | 1 | 2003.39.16 | |||||||
| [unidentified] | 2 | 2003.39.17 | Naples, Italy | R.F. Scharff | |||||
| [unidentified] | 2 | 2003.39.18 | 1885 | RIA Exped. | |||||
| [unidentified] | N | 2003.39.19 | Arran | 1867 | E.P. Wright |
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