Fissidentalium rei Maxwell 1992 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280

Belongs to Fissidentalium according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

Sister taxa: Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni, Fissidentalium badense, Fissidentalium granadanum, Fissidentalium inaequale, Fissidentalium longistriatum, Fissidentalium mantelli, Fissidentalium solidissimum, Fissidentalium uscarianum

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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