Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum Linnaeus 1767 (tusk shell)
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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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