Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum Linnaeus 1758 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative combination: Dentalium elephantinum
Belongs to Dentalium (Dentalium) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Jung 1965 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum, Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasensis, Dentalium (Dentalium) dollfusi, Dentalium (Dentalium) jonkeri, Dentalium (Dentalium) novemcinctum, Dentalium (Dentalium) tegalense
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum in the database
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