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Dentalium

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dentalium Linnaeus p. 785
1895Dentalium Stanton p. 62
1904Dentalium Martin p. 271
1925Dentalium Mansfield p. 62
1928Dentalium Nagao p. 88
1935Dentalium Oostingh p. 120
1938Dentalium Turner p. 96
1947Dentalium Gardner p. 624
1947Dentalium Harris and Palmer p. 209
1973Dentalium Marasti p. 113
1976Dentalium Moore p. 41
1984Dentalium Moore p. 30
1984Dentalium Pugaczewska p. 54
1984Dentalium Squires p. 15
1986Dentalium Kensley and Pether p. 209
1987Dentalium Squires p. 20
1992Dentalium Perrilliat p. 28
1992Dentalium Squires and Demetrion p. 25
1999Dentalium Wienrich p. 263
2001Dentalium Wells and Houston p. 95
2002Dentalium Sepkoski
2006Dentalium Rohr et al.
2008Dentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dentalium Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Fischer 1885
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Subg. Dentalium (Graptacme) Pilsbry and Sharpe 1897
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Subg. Dentalium (Pseudantilis) Monterosato 1884
Dentalium alazanum Cooke 1928
Dentalium angsananum Martin 1922
Dentalium aratum Tate 1887
Dentalium arcotinum Forbes 1846
Dentalium arctum Pichler 1857
Dentalium ashiyaensis Nagao 1928
Dentalium atratum Tate 1887
Dentalium bifrons Tate 1887
Dentalium bitubatum Meyer 1886
Dentalium bocasense Olsson 1922
Dentalium caduloide Dall 1892
Dentalium californicum Stanton 1895
Dentalium cannaliculatum Klipstein 1843
Dentalium conradi Dall 1909
Dentalium cooperi Gabb 1864
Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
Dentalium decoratum Münster 1841
Dentalium denotatum Ludbrook 1956
Dentalium dumblei Harris 1933
Dentalium giganteum Sowerby 1846
Dentalium gonatodes Martin 1885
Dentalium hamatum Forbes 1846
Dentalium hanguense Cox 1930
Dentalium hecetaensis Rohr et al. 2006
Dentalium indianum Girty 1911
Dentalium junghuhni Martin 1879
Dentalium klipsteini Kittl 1891
Dentalium laeve Schlotheim 1820
Dentalium laevigatum Ponzi 1876
Dentalium laqueatum Verrill 1885
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
Dentalium lombardicum Kittl 1899
Dentalium mancorens Olsson 1930
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
Dentalium montense Briart and Cornet 1889
Dentalium moreanum d'Orbigny 1845
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
Dentalium ovale Cooke 1928
Dentalium porterensis Weaver 1912
Dentalium pseudonyma Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
Dentalium pusillum Gabb 1864
Dentalium radiolineata Clark 1918
Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885
Dentalium sacheri Alth 1850
Dentalium sandbergeri Cossmann and Lambert 1884
Dentalium schencki Moore 1963
Dentalium schlosseri Traub 1938
Dentalium simile Münster 1841
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873
Dentalium sorbii King 1850
Dentalium soriense Eames 1952
Dentalium speyeri Geinitz 1852
Dentalium stentor Anderson and Hanna 1925
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864
Dentalium sundkrogensis Schnetler 2001
Dentalium tenuistriatum Martin 1879
Dentalium triquetrum Tate 1887
Dentalium vacavillensis Palmer 1923
Dentalium yasilum Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height229.784.4021.510.04.73

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Holocene or 427.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 423.0 Ma

Collections (1562 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) D. hecetaensis (85025)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (228168 228173 228423 228424 228425)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) D. sp. (214521)
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0USA (Nevada) D. sp. (62674)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Texas) D. sp. (11127)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) D. sp. (12435)
Leonard290.1 - 268.0USA (Utah) D. spp. (11272)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Russian Federation D. speyeri (197764)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (11228)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom D. sorbii (130865)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) D. sp. (111997 112098 112100 112101 112102 112106 112107 112115)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) D. sp. (98029 112009 112012 112016 112090 112093 112094 112096 112097 112113)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17USA (Texas) D. sp. (50001 50011 50015)
Dienerian252.17 - 251.3Greenland D. sp. (118716)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation D. sp. (124665 124666 124667 124673 124674)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland D. torquatum, D. laeve (63538)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) D. laeve (201970)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0New Zealand D. sp. (134524)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. boreale, D. arctum (212183)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation D. sp. (124563)