Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Full reference: K. Asato and T. Kase. 2021. Gigantic scaphopods (Mollusca) from the Permian Akasaka Limestone, central Japan. Journal of Paleontology 95:748-762
Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to K. Asato and T. Kase 2021
Sister taxa: Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme
Subtaxa: Minodentalium furcatum Minodentalium girtyi Minodentalium hayasakai Minodentalium herculeum Minodentalium ingens Minodentalium meekianum Minodentalium okumurai Minodentalium priscum Minodentalium prosseri Minodentalium subannulatum
Type: Minodentalium hayasakai
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), India (1), Iran (1), Japan (3), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (40), United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania)
Total: 53 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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