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Dentalium (Pseudantilis)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Pseudantalis was named by Monterosato (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Dentalium (Pseudantilis) by Anderson (1975).

It was assigned to Dentalium by Anderson (1975); to Dentaliidae by Wienrich (1999); and to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002).

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 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 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 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
1884Pseudantalis Monterosato
1975Dentalium (Pseudantilis) Anderson p. 142
1999Pseudantalis Wienrich p. 265
2002Pseudantalis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
subgenusPseudantilis(Monterosato 1884)

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.

Subg. Dentalium (Pseudantilis) Monterosato 1884
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Pseudantalis sp. (3257 3258)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pseudantalis aturensis (62882) Pseudantalis aturensis, Pseudantalis sp. (62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pseudantalis aturensis (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pseudantalis aturensis (62899 62903 62929 62931 62932 62934 62935 62936 62938 62939 62941 62943 62952 62953 62954 62958 62959 62960 62964 63024)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pseudantalis aturensis (61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62880 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62892 62893 62895 62898)