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Dentalium (Laevidentalium)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) was named by Cossmann (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Laevidentalium by Wienrich (1999), Wells and Houston (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

It was assigned to Dentalium by Cossmann (1888), Oostingh (1935), Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1947), Squires (1984); to Dentaliidae by Wienrich (1999); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Laevidentaliidae by Wells and Houston (2001), Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

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, Fustiaria perlongum, Fustiaria subcompressa, Fustiaria venezuelana, Laevidentalium bangtoupoensis, Laevidentalium feruglioi, Laevidentalium fodinense, Laevidentalium haytense, Laevidentalium laeve, Laevidentalium liodon, Laevidentalium nitens, Laevidentalium pareorense, Laevidentalium perlongum, Laevidentalium simplex, Laevidentalium venustum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Cossmann p. 7
1935Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Oostingh p. 123
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Gardner p. 627
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Harris and Palmer p. 213
1984Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Squires p. 16
1999Laevidentalium Wienrich p. 264
2001Laevidentalium Wells and Houston p. 112
2002Laevidentalium Sepkoski
2008Laevidentalium Reynolds and Steiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
subgenusLaevidentaliumCossmann 1888

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: base of the Norian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 227.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Dentalium regulare (97859)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Dentalium guineense, Dentalium nigeriense (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64701 64704)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Dentalium lighti (122294)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Dentalium calafium (8011 200144 205251 205252)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Dentalium calafium (51922 200845 200852 200853 201693 201700 207148 207149 207151 207174 207176 207177) Dentalium lighti (202094)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Dentalium lighti (194439)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64737)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Dentalium acicula (42644)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64750 64751) Dentalium n. sp. (64739)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Dentalium rakhiense (183819 183820 183821 183822 183823 183824) Dentalium rakhiense, Dentalium pseudorakhiense (8676)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Fustiaria danai (90704 164232)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Fustiaria danai (91115)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Dentalium sp. (42531)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Victoria) Dentalium subfissura (71236)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Panama Dentalium sp. (42558)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand Dentalium pareoriense (67854)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Dentalium santarosanum (41760 42222 42290 42328 42482)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Dentalium pareoraense (67897)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Haiti Dentalium pyrum (92454)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Dentalium pyrum (93059 93148)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Dentalium pyrum (145334 145337 145339 145340)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Dentalium longirostrum (70103)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Dentalium lacteolum (166744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Dentalium haytense (58522)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Dentalium toyamaense (97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Dentalium corscum (88886)