Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Parent taxon: Dentalium according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Marasti 1973, Oostingh 1935 and Pugaczewska 1984
Sister taxa: Dentalium (Fissidentalium), Dentalium (Graptacme), Dentalium (Laevidentalium), Dentalium (Pseudantilis), Dentalium agassizi, Dentalium alazanum, Dentalium angsananum, Dentalium aratum, Dentalium arcotinum, Dentalium arctum, Dentalium ashiyaensis, Dentalium atratum, Dentalium attenuatum, Dentalium bifrons, Dentalium bitubatum, Dentalium bocasense, Dentalium caduloide, Dentalium californicum, Dentalium cannaliculatum, Dentalium cazadorianum, Dentalium cooperi, Dentalium cossmannianum, Dentalium decoratum, Dentalium denotatum, Dentalium dumblei, Dentalium giganteum, Dentalium gonatodes, Dentalium gracilis, Dentalium hamatum, Dentalium hanguense, Dentalium hecetaensis, Dentalium indianum, Dentalium junghuhni, Dentalium klipsteini, Dentalium laeve, Dentalium laevigatum, Dentalium laqueatum, Dentalium latisulcatum, Dentalium leve, Dentalium lombardicum, Dentalium mancorens, Dentalium microstria, Dentalium minutistriatum, Dentalium montense, Dentalium moreanum, Dentalium multicanaliculatum, Dentalium nanaimoense, Dentalium neohexagonum, Dentalium numerosum, Dentalium ovale, Dentalium porterensis, Dentalium pseudonyma, Dentalium radiolineata, Dentalium rimosum, Dentalium rugiferum, Dentalium sacheri, Dentalium sandbergeri, Dentalium schencki, Dentalium schlosseri, Dentalium simile, Dentalium solidum, Dentalium sorbii, Dentalium soriense, Dentalium speyeri, Dentalium stentor, Dentalium stramineum, Dentalium subcompressum, Dentalium sundkrogensis, Dentalium tenuicostatum, Dentalium tenuistriatum, Dentalium tornatissimum, Dentalium triquetrum, Dentalium vacavillensis, Dentalium yasilum
Subtaxa: Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasensis Dentalium (Dentalium) dollfusi Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum Dentalium (Dentalium) jonkeri Dentalium (Dentalium) novemcinctum Dentalium (Dentalium) tegalense
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Ecuador (4), Indonesia (7), Jamaica (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (13), United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), Panama (14), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (15)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), Panama (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Poland (1), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 76 collections including 82 occurrences