Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Dentalium (Laevidentalium) according to R. L. Squires 1984
See also Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Dentalium (Laevidentalium) danai, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lacteolum, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) largicrescens, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lighti, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pictile, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense
Type specimen: UCMP 15750-15751
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: California collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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