Siphonodentalium Sars 1859 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dischides, Polyschides, Sagamicadulus, Striocadulus

Subtaxa: Siphonodentalium adelaidense

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (1), Panama (2)

• Eocene of France (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (3)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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