Graptacme Pilsbry 1897 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme

Subtaxa: Graptacme semistriata

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Haiti (1 collection), United States (10: California)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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