Coccodentalium Sacco 1896 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1988
Sister taxa: Antalis, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme
Subtaxa: Coccodentalium emersoni
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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