Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lacteolum Tate 1899 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Full reference: R. Tate. 1899. A revision of the older Tertiary Mollusca of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:249-277

Belongs to Dentalium (Laevidentalium) according to R. Tate 1899

Sister taxa: Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) danai, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) largicrescens, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lighti, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pictile, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Lakes Entrance Shaft, north-west of Foster's Bore (Pliocene of Australia)

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