Dentalium (Dentalium) tegalense Oostingh 1935 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Full reference: C. H. Oostingh. 1935. Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java). Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26:1-247

Belongs to Dentalium (Dentalium) according to C. H. Oostingh 1935

Sister taxa: Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum, Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasensis, Dentalium (Dentalium) dollfusi, Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum, Dentalium (Dentalium) jonkeri, Dentalium (Dentalium) novemcinctum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Location 181, Kali Glagah, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Indonesia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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