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Paradentalium hexagonum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium hexagonum was named by Gould (1859). It is extant.

It was recombined as Paradentalium hexagonum by Scarabino (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Dentalium hexagonum Gould p. 166
1895Dentalium hexagonum Ashley p. 343
1995Paradentalium hexagonum Scarabino

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusParadentaliumCotton and Godfrey 1933
specieshexagonum(Gould 1859)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Dentalium hexagonum (96255 96258 96259 96264 96265 96267 96270)