Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Entalis)
Parent taxon: Scaphopoda according to J. Godefroid et al. 2006
See also Anderson and Hanna 1935
Sister taxa: Dentaliida, Dentalioida, Dentaloidea, Gadilida, Solenoconchia, Throopella
Subtaxa: Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi Entalis acriculum Entalis annulatum Entalis multiplicans Entalis orahovicensis Entalis ornata Entalis subfissura Entalis turcica Entalis walciodorensis
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Romania (2)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (22: California, Wyoming)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
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