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 (Antalis) according to H. E. Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Antalis acuta, Antalis angusta, Antalis antillarum, Antalis bouei, Antalis constricta, Antalis interruptum, Antalis kickxii, Antalis pretiosa, Dentalium (Antalis) danvillense, Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense, Dentalium (Antalis) vincense
Type specimen: UCMP 16747. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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