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Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense by Harris and Palmer (1947).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dentalium mississippiensis Conrad p. 282
1947Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Harris and Palmer p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentaliumAdams and Adams 1854
subgenusAntalis
speciesmississippiense()

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Dentalium mississippiense (91101)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Dentalium mississippiense (90305 90449 90652 91115 92157 92357)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Dentalium mississippiense (90471 90643 90704 91097 99628 99632 99640 99675 164232 205498 205526)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Dentalium mississippiense (99762)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Dentalium mississippiense (43056 43057) Dentalium mississippiensis (43060)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Dentalium mississippiense (92298 92358)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Tamaulipas) Dentalium mississippiense (43064)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Dentalium mississippiense (43067)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Dentalium mississippiense (5791 5999 6003 6005 6006 7111 7112) Dentalium mississippiensis (type locality: 84137)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Trinidad and Tobago Dentalium mississippiensis (93365)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Dentalium mississippiense (44521)