Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563
Belongs to Dentalium (Antalis) according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Antalis acuta, Antalis angusta, Antalis antillarum, Antalis bouei, Antalis constricta, Antalis interruptum, Antalis kickxii, Antalis pretiosa, Dentalium (Antalis) apicostatum, Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense, Dentalium (Antalis) vincense
Type specimen: PRI 4472, a shell. Its type locality is Danville Landing, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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