Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Alternative combinations: Dentalium canna, Plagioglypta canna
Synonyms: Dentalium mexicanum Girty 1909, Plagioglypta monolineata Branson 1930, Prodentalium mexicanum Girty 1909
Full reference: C. A. White. 1874. Preliminary report upon invertebrate fossils collected by the expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873. Geographical and Geological Exploration and Surveys west of the 100th Meridian, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1-27
Belongs to Prodentalium according to T. E. Yancey 1978
See also Branson 1930, Chronic 1952, Clifton 1942, Cooper 1953, Girty 1910, Mayou 1967, Walter 1953, White 1874, Winters 1963 and Yancey 1973
Sister taxa: Prodentalium akasakensis, Prodentalium belcheri, Prodentalium neornatum, Prodentalium onoi, Prodentalium raymondi, Prodentalium semicostatum, Prodentalium sublaeve
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 7.19
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Mexico (4), United States (59: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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