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Antalis pretiosa (Indian money tusk)
Taxonomy
Dentalium pretiosum was named by Nuttall in Sowerby (1860). It is extant.
It was recombined as Antalis pretiosa by Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Antalis pretiosa by Hendy (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Dentalium pretiosum Nuttall in Sowerby p. 95 figs. pl. 225, fig. 57 |
| 1864 | Dentalium indianorum Carpenter p. 612 |
| 1931 | Dentalium pretiosum Grant, IV and Gale p. 437 |
| 2021 | Antalis pretiosa Hendy |
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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.
Antalis pretiosa Nuttall in Sowerby 1860 [Indian money tusk]
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Invalid names: Dentalium indianorum Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Dentalium pretiosum (238436 238455) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Dentalium pretiosum (238614) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Dentalium pretiosum (201624) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Dentalium indianorum (222663 222664) Dentalium pretiosum (138723 203105 203113 203114 222995) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Dentalium indianorum (222662) Dentalium pretiosum (160361 226458 240554 240555 240613 240644 240650 240661 240662) |