Siphonodentalium Sars 1859 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Parent taxon: Siphonodentaliinae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Emerson 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dischides, Polyschides, Sagamicadulus, Striocadulus
Subtaxa: Siphonodentalium adelaidense Siphonodentalium arcticus
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (1), Panama (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (3)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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