Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Fissidentalium)
Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Darragh 2017, Moore 1976, Palmer 1974, Sepkoski 2002, Wells and Houston 2001 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme
Subtaxa: Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni Fissidentalium badense Fissidentalium granadanum Fissidentalium inaequale Fissidentalium longistriatum Fissidentalium mantelli Fissidentalium rei Fissidentalium solidissimum Fissidentalium uscarianum
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Japan (1), Panama (6)
• Miocene of Australia (4), Belgium (1), Colombia (6), Costa Rica (5), Germany (8), Grenada (3), Italy (6), Japan (15), New Zealand (8), Panama (9), the Philippines (1), Slovakia (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Denmark (4), New Zealand (5), Panama (7)
• Eocene of Australia (4), New Zealand (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Australia (3), Greenland (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1)
Total: 107 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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