Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium Vokes 1939 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Belongs to Dentalium (Laevidentalium) according to R. L. Squires 1984

See also Vokes 1939

Sister taxa: Dentalium (Laevidentalium) danai, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lacteolum, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) largicrescens, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lighti, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pictile, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense

Type specimen: UCMP 15750-15751

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (16: California collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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