Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative combinations: Dentalium herculeum, Entalis herculea, Plagioglypta herculea, Plagioglypta herculeum
Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19
Belongs to Minodentalium according to K. Asato and T. Kase 2021
See also de Koninck 1863, Hayasaka 1925, Reed 1944, Waagen 1880 and Waterhouse 1980
Sister taxa: Minodentalium furcatum, Minodentalium girtyi, Minodentalium hayasakai, Minodentalium ingens, Minodentalium meekianum, Minodentalium okumurai, Minodentalium priscum, Minodentalium prosseri, Minodentalium subannulatum
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.0
Distribution:
• Permian of India (1 collection), Iran (1), Pakistan (40)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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