Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum Linnaeus 1767 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Alternative combination: Dentalium aprinum

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

See also Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: 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: found only at Location 176, Tjipamali (Pliocene of Indonesia)

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