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Dentalium (Dentalium)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium (Dentalium) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dentalium by Linnaeus (1758), Oostingh (1935), Marasti (1973), Pugaczewska (1984), Perrilliat (1992).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Dentalium acicula, Dentalium africanum, Dentalium alternatum, Dentalium amaliense, Dentalium anceps, Dentalium angulare, Dentalium annulatum, Dentalium antillarium, Dentalium apenninicum, Dentalium aratorum, Dentalium arciforme, Dentalium armillatum, Dentalium armillatum, Dentalium armillatum, Dentalium asperum, Dentalium badensis, Dentalium bartonense, Dentalium bicarinatum, Dentalium blandum, Dentalium blandum, Dentalium boggsi, Dentalium boreale, Dentalium bothrum, Dentalium buccinulum, Dentalium buricum, Dentalium byorituensis, Dentalium callipeplum, Dentalium callithrix, Dentalium caloosaense, Dentalium caloosaense, Dentalium carolinense, Dentalium carolinense, Dentalium carolinensis, Dentalium cazadoriana, Dentalium centenniale, Dentalium ceratum, Dentalium ceratum, Dentalium chipolanum, Dentalium circinatum, Dentalium corscum, Dentalium cossmanianum, Dentalium costatum, Dentalium densitextum, Dentalium dentalis, Dentalium difforme, Dentalium dijki, Dentalium diopon, Dentalium disparile, Dentalium dissimile, Dentalium dissimile, Dentalium dissimile, Dentalium divulgatum, Dentalium djiki, Dentalium dollfus, Dentalium eboreum, Dentalium eboreum, Dentalium elongatum, Dentalium enfaulensis, Dentalium enneagonum, Dentalium entale, Dentalium entalis, Dentalium equisetum, Dentalium erectum, Dentalium esmeraldum, Dentalium esmeraldum, Dentalium etalense, Dentalium eugenii, Dentalium ewekoroense, Dentalium fissura, Dentalium floratum, Dentalium fossile, Dentalium fossile, Dentalium gabbi, Dentalium geminatum, Dentalium glaucoterrarum, Dentalium glaucoterrarum, Dentalium gracile, Dentalium granadanum, Dentalium grandanum, Dentalium grascilis, Dentalium groenlandicum, Dentalium guineense, Dentalium haytense, Dentalium haytense, Dentalium heptagonum, Dentalium howchini, Dentalium iheringi, Dentalium inaequicostatum, Dentalium incississimum, Dentalium incurvum, Dentalium innumerabile, Dentalium inornatum, Dentalium intercalatum, Dentalium jacksonense, Dentalium javanum, Dentalium jonker, Dentalium kickxi, Dentalium kickxi, Dentalium kickxi, Dentalium ladinum, Dentalium lani, Dentalium latesulcatum, Dentalium latum, Dentalium lindstroemi, Dentalium longirostrum, Dentalium macilenta, Dentalium macilentum, Dentalium magnificum, Dentalium magnumcostatum, Dentalium majus, Dentalium manetelli, Dentalium marwicki, Dentalium matanzasense, Dentalium mediaviense, Dentalium micheloti, Dentalium michelotti, Dentalium minor, Dentalium minutiannulatum, Dentalium minutis, Dentalium molengraaffi, Dentalium morganianum, Dentalium multannulatum, Dentalium multicostatum, Dentalium multicostatum, Dentalium multistrictum, Dentalium nanggulanense, Dentalium navarroi, Dentalium nediaviense, Dentalium nigeriense, Dentalium nitens, Dentalium nunomae, Dentalium nunomae, Dentalium octangulatum, Dentalium octangulatum, Dentalium octangulatum, Dentalium octangulatum, Dentalium octangulatum, Dentalium octogonum, Dentalium oerstedi, Dentalium opaculum, Dentalium pagellai, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium pardelensis, Dentalium pareoraense, Dentalium pareoriense, Dentalium parvulum, Dentalium passerinianum, Dentalium paulini, Dentalium pauperculum, Dentalium pilsbryi, Dentalium planum, Dentalium pleiocenum, Dentalium polygonuum, Dentalium polypleurum, Dentalium praecursor, Dentalium preservatum, Dentalium prisma, Dentalium proteiforme, Dentalium prudens, Dentalium pulchrum, Dentalium pyrum, Dentalium rectum, Dentalium rectus, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium rhodani, Dentalium ripleyana, Dentalium ripleyanum, Dentalium rutteni, Dentalium samanicum, Dentalium sangiorgi, Dentalium santarosanum, Dentalium sasndbergeri, Dentalium schumoi, Dentalium semarangense, Dentalium semistriolatum, Dentalium serratum, Dentalium sexangulum, Dentalium sexangulum, Dentalium sexangulum, Dentalium simplex, Dentalium sokkohensis, Dentalium sowerbyi, Dentalium spiniforme, Dentalium strenuum, Dentalium striata, Dentalium striatum, Dentalium striatum, Dentalium striatum, Dentalium subarctuatum, Dentalium subarcuatum, Dentalium subeburneum, Dentalium subfissura, Dentalium sublineatum, Dentalium subrectum, Dentalium substriatum, Dentalium sulcosum, Dentalium sulcosum, Dentalium superbus, Dentalium sylvaerupis, Dentalium tesseragonum, Dentalium tetraquetrum, Dentalium texasianum, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thaloides, Dentalium torquatum, Dentalium toyamaense, Dentalium undiferum, Dentalium uscarinanum, Dentalium valangiense, Dentalium varicostata, Dentalium vaughani, Dentalium vitreum, Dentalium vulgare, Dentalium weinkauffi, Dentalium yokoyamai, Dentalium zephyrinum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dentalium (Dentalium) Linnaeus
1935Dentalium (Dentalium) Oostingh p. 120
1973Dentalium (Dentalium) Marasti p. 113
1984Dentalium (Dentalium) Pugaczewska p. 54
1992Dentalium (Dentalium) Perrilliat p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
subgenusDentaliumLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 113.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Dentalium sp. (37561)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Dentalium sp. (13946)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Dentalium multicostatum, Dentalium sp. (27822)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Dentalium pulchrum (72389)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Dentalium pulchrum (63553)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Dentalium nunomae (68894)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy Dentalium novemcinctum (180394)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Dentalium armillatum (42569 42572)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia Dentalium semarangense (70095)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Dentalium dollfus, Dentalium sp. (186884) Dentalium sp., Dentalium dollfusi (186883)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Dentalium armillatum (96447)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Dentalium sp. (76567)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Dentalium micheloti (86875)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Dentalium armillatum (145356)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Dentalium armillatum (93159 93160 93161 93162 93163 93164 93172 93174 93175 93222) Dentalium bothrum (93055)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Dentalium divulgatum (60399 60400 60401 60402 60403 60404 60405 60630 60631 60632 60633 60634 60635 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Dentalium javanum (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Dentalium howchini (63433 63441)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Dentalium divulgatum (60409 60644 60646 60647 60649 60650 60655 60659) Dentalium sp. (60412 60413 60414 60415 60416)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Dentalium equisetum (131332 131333 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Dentalium equisetum (60771)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Dentalium sexangulum (123585)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Dentalium sulcosum (41583)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Dentalium jonkeri (70087 70105 84519) Dentalium tegalense (84520 84521 84533) Dentalium tegalense, Dentalium aprinum (84523)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Dentalium carolinense (59488 59489 59490)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Dentalium glaucoterrarum, Dentalium sp. A, Dentalium sp. B (58522)