Entalis Sowerby 1839 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda

Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Entalis)

Parent taxon: Scaphopoda according to J. Godefroid et al. 2006

See also Anderson and Hanna 1935

Sister taxa: Dentaliida, Dentalioida, Dentaloidea, Gadilida, Solenoconchia, Throopella

Subtaxa: Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi Entalis acriculum Entalis annulatum Entalis multiplicans Entalis orahovicensis Entalis ornata Entalis subfissura Entalis turcica Entalis walciodorensis

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Romania (2)

• Paleocene of United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta), Mexico (1), United States (22: California, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Germany (1)

• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1)

Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences

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